Do you have expired or unneeded medicines in your cabinet?

Old advice for disposing of unwanted or expired medicine was to flush it down the toilet. New evidence shows these medicines pollute our waterways, including those we use for drinking water. “Don’t rush to flush!” is the new mantra.

To protect water quality and public safety, medicines should be taken for disposal at a verified collection site.

The Village of Bartlett is offers periodic medicine drop-off hours to safely dispose of unneeded medications from 8am-12pm at Village Hall. To view what is accepted and a complete list of medicine drop-off locations throughout DuPage County, check out our Medicine Disposal page.