The York County Solid Waste Authority has bought a secure medication take-back box for the Spring Garden Township Police Department. The box has been placed in the lobby of the Police Department, at 340 Tri Hill Road and people can use it between 8 a.m. and 430 p.m.
The program provides a secure disposal option for unwanted medications from the public at no cost to the public.
There are now nine different police departments in York participating in the program.
The secure medication take-back box, purchased from MedReturn, works like a mailbox. Once medications are deposited, they cannot be retrieved and are contained in a locked compartment accessible only by law enforcement.
Chief George Swartz says “Our department is committed to finding innovative ways to expand our efforts to get drugs off the streets, manage them properly and keep our citizens safe. We are pleased to participate in this program.”
Residents interested in dropping medication at a take-back box location should remove their personal information from containers before depositing them in boxes. Only residential prescriptions or over-the-counter medications are accepted.
Pharmacies, hospitals and other commercial sources of medications are not eligible to participate. Syringes and other “sharps” are not accepted in this program.
For more information about the program, visit the Authority’s web site at: www.ycswa.com; or SGTPD’s web site at: www.sgtpd.org.
The program provides a secure disposal option for unwanted medications from the public at no cost to the public.
There are now nine different police departments in York participating in the program.
The secure medication take-back box, purchased from MedReturn, works like a mailbox. Once medications are deposited, they cannot be retrieved and are contained in a locked compartment accessible only by law enforcement.
Chief George Swartz says “Our department is committed to finding innovative ways to expand our efforts to get drugs off the streets, manage them properly and keep our citizens safe. We are pleased to participate in this program.”
Residents interested in dropping medication at a take-back box location should remove their personal information from containers before depositing them in boxes. Only residential prescriptions or over-the-counter medications are accepted.
Pharmacies, hospitals and other commercial sources of medications are not eligible to participate. Syringes and other “sharps” are not accepted in this program.
For more information about the program, visit the Authority’s web site at: www.ycswa.com; or SGTPD’s web site at: www.sgtpd.org.