Six York County police departments offer med take back boxes

The York County Solid Waste Authority has purchased secure medication take-back boxes for nine York County Police Departments.

Six police departments now have their boxes installed and are accepting medications.

The public may deposit unwanted medications anonymously in the take-back boxes during lobby hours as listed below, except on holidays.

• Carroll Township Police Department, 555 Chestnut Grove Road, Dillsburg, PA. Open Monday through Friday, 8:30AM to 4:30PM
• Fairview Township Police Department, 145 Limekiln Road, Suite 600, New Cumberland, PA. Open Monday through Friday from 8AM to 4:30PM.
• Northern York County Regional Police Department, 1445 East Canal Road, Dover, PA. Open Monday through Friday from 8AM to 4:30PM.
• Southwestern Regional Police Department, 6115 Thoman Drive, Spring Grove, PA. Open Monday through Friday from 8AM to 4:30PM.
• Spring Garden Township Police Department, 340 Tri Hill Road in Spring Garden Township. Open Monday through Friday from 8AM to 4:30PM.
• West York Borough Police Department, 1700 West Philadelphia Street, York, PA. Open Monday through Friday, 9AM to 4:30PM

This partnership program provides a secure disposal option for unwanted medications from residential sources at no cost to the public.

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.

The heavy-duty green metal box bolts to the floor and wall. Medication collected in the take-back box program will be delivered by law enforcement to the Authority’s waste-to-energy facility for safe destruction.

Law enforcement also maintains the box and secures medications that are received until they can be destroyed.