The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled a National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day for Saturday, April 30, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

These events are a great opportunity to return unwanted or expired prescription drugs, thereby reducing pollutant loadings into our waterways. Visit http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html for more details, including the collection site locator database and drug disposal information. 

Since the DEA began organizing these take-back events in 2010, more than 5.5 million pounds of unwanted and expired medications have been collected across the United States and several U.S. territories for safe disposal.