Correct disposal of medicine bottles

WexTK

Hi all,

just wondering what the correct procedure is for the disposal of empty medicine bottles, specifically those glass 100ml bottles?

Kind Regards

tismesoitis

return them to your vet.

Kovu

If they're empty glass bottles you can take off the top, clean them out and recycle as normal. If you have remaining medicine in them/out of date etc, bring them back to the vets and they'll dispose of them correctly.

Connemara Farmer

How about items you buy from a merchant, or online, like vaccinations, doses, obviously prescription stuff is dealt with via vet, but how about the rest?

Kovu

You're supposed to contact your local authority......
I usually wash it out and if it's got the recycling symbol on it, fire it into the blue bin. For right or for wrong!

frazzledhome

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

How about items you buy from a merchant, or online, like vaccinations, doses, obviously prescription stuff is dealt with via vet, but how about the rest?

I put all in recycle bin

Victor

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

How about items you buy from a merchant, or online, like vaccinations, doses, obviously prescription stuff is dealt with via vet, but how about the rest?

If you have any left over medicines of any kind, return them to your supplier / vet / doctor / pharmacy.

Kovu wrote: »

I usually wash it out and if it's got the recycling symbol on it, fire it into the blue bin.

Bin colours vary from location to location.

Do **not** put glass in the ordinary recycling bin. Broken glass renders paper and cardboard un-recyclable.

Kovu

Victor wrote: »

Bin colours vary from location to location.

Do **not** put glass in the recycling bin. Broken glass renders paper and cardboard un-recyclable.

Blue bin = Recyclable here. All glass goes to the park glass bins

frazzledhome

Victor wrote: »

If you have any left over medicines of any kind, return them to your supplier / vet / doctor / pharmacy.
Bin colours vary from location to location.

Do **not** put glass in the recycling bin. Broken glass renders paper and cardboard un-recyclable.

I will put in land fill from now on

ronn

Greenstar take glass in their recycling bins

mahoney_j

Am I strip all labels off and into glass recycling Bin in my local telco........,.

Nettleman

mahoney_j wrote: »

Am I strip all labels off and into glass recycling Bin in my local telco........,.

I was at one of those teagasc drop off centres last year, great job for getting rid of medicines and spray bottles, and they give ya a receipt in case of inspection-box ticked-happy days

Deepsouthwest

I always put any this kind of stuff in with the household waste which is collected every 2 wks by KWD, would this cover me in the event of an inspection?

Freejin

Resurrecting an old thread here. I clean and recycle medicine bottles with our household waste. In the event of an inspection will i be required to produce evidence of disposal?