{"id":7716,"date":"2012-11-05T10:57:05","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T15:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycrpd.org\/?page_id=7716"},"modified":"2012-11-14T13:29:30","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T18:29:30","slug":"drug-take-back-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nycrpd.org\/?page_id=7716","title":{"rendered":"Drug Take Back Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nycrpd.org\/?attachment_id=7709\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7709\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7709 alignleft\" title=\"MedReturnDrugCollectionUnit\" src=\"http:\/\/nycrpd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MedReturnDrugCollectionUnit-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nycrpd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MedReturnDrugCollectionUnit-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/nycrpd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MedReturnDrugCollectionUnit-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/nycrpd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MedReturnDrugCollectionUnit-602x807.jpg 602w, https:\/\/nycrpd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MedReturnDrugCollectionUnit-300x402.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nycrpd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MedReturnDrugCollectionUnit-180x241.jpg 180w, https:\/\/nycrpd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MedReturnDrugCollectionUnit.jpg 1961w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a>The York County Solid Waste Authority has launched a medication take-back box program with the Northern York County Regional Police Department.\u00a0 The program provides a secure disposal option for unwanted medications from residential sources at no cost to the public.\u00a0 NYCRPD is the first police department inYork County to offer a permanent medication take-back box location.\u00a0 The Authority\u00a0will provide free destruction of medications at theYork CountyResource Recovery Center, the Authority\u2019s waste-to-energy facility located in Manchester Township.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0 The green metal box weighs nearly 200 pounds and bolts to the floor and wall.\u00a0 The NYCRPD has installed the take-back box in their police department lobby at1445 East Canal Roadin\u00a0Dover.\u00a0 The public may deposit unwanted medications anonymously in the take-back box Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.\u00a0 Medication collected in the take-back box program will be delivered by NYCRPD to the Authority\u2019s waste-to-energy facility for safe destruction.\u00a0 Law enforcement is also responsible for maintaining the box and securing medications that are received until they can be destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Residents interested in dropping medication at the take-back box at NYCRPD should remove their personal information from containers before depositing them in boxes.\u00a0 ONLY RESIDENTIAL prescription or over-the-counter medications are accepted.\u00a0 Pharmacies, hospitals and other commercial sources of medications are not eligible to participate.\u00a0 Syringes and other \u201csharps\u201d are not accepted in this program.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the program, visit the Authority\u2019s web site at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ycswa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ycswa.com\/<\/a>;\u00a0or click on the\u00a0link below\u00a0for additional information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #31eb13;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nycrpd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Flyer1.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #31eb13;\">NYCRPD \/ YCSWA Drug Take Back Flyer<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The York County Solid Waste Authority has launched a medication take-back box program with the Northern York County Regional Police Department.\u00a0 The program provides a secure disposal option for unwanted medications from residential sources at no cost to the public.\u00a0 NYCRPD is the first police department inYork County to offer a permanent medication take-back box 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