Returning Unwanted Medicines
What this pharmacy can accept for safe disposal
Returning your unwanted medicines to this pharmacy
In order to protect the safety of our staff, customers and the environment, when returning your unwanted medicines to this pharmacy, please take a moment to answer these quick questions.
You must be able to answer all the questions with a “Yes” in order for our staff to accept your unwanted medicines. Please tell our pharmacy staff if there are any questions to which you’ve answered “No”.
- Are you returning only medicines? Yes
- Are you sure there are no needles or other sharps in the bag/container? Yes
- Are you sure there is nothing else that may affect the health and safety of our staff? Yes
Items we can and cannot accept
See below for a list of those items we can and cannot accept.
Yes we can accept
- Any unwanted medicines including:
- Tablets
- Creams
- Veterinary products
- Liquid medicines
- Powders
- Inhalers
- Ampoules
- Ointments
- Capsules
No sorry we can’t accept
- Needles or other sharps
- Chemicals
- Dialysis kits
- Paints or Solvents
- Oil
- Batteries
- Pesticides or other garden chemicals
- Anything else which is not a medicine
Contact your local council for advice on the safe disposal of products that we cannot accept from you.