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Nat'l Prescription Drug Take-Back Day: Saturday, October 22, 2016
Keep Drugs Out of Delaware River Basin Waters

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled a National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 22, 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/ or call 1-800-882-9539 for more information, including the collection site locator database. 

Since the DEA began organizing these take-back events in 2010, nearly 6.5 million pounds of unwanted and expired medications have been collected across the United States and several U.S. territories for safe disposal.