I open my medicine chest and…what a mess! Dried-out ointments, left-over pills from a surgery I want to forget, aspirin that expired three years ago…. Does your bathroom cabinet look like mine? Time to clean it out and dispose of the junk, but dispose of it properly.
Medicines or hazardous waste are very harmful if put down a sink, toilet, storm drain, or even tossed into the garbage. They get into our water system and poison us and our wildlife.
To find out what to do with all this stuff, contact your county. They should have a hazardous waste office.
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