Thursday, May 26, 2022

Unused drug disposal available

Sumpter Township police have reminded area residents that there is a safe way to dispose of unused medication.

There is a large red receptable at the township police station which is available for disposal of unused or expired prescription medications. Medicine in any form, pills, capsules, EpiPens, inhalers and patches are all acceptable at the station, officials said. Employees at the records window will provide a Ziplock baggie to secure loose pills or containers of liquid medication before placing them in the receptacle.

The box, provided several years ago by the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network, is available during normal records department business hours from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Friday and is for personal use quantities of medication only. The receptable is available all year.