Please join us at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)’s Big Blue Bucket Event! The Big Blue Bucket is a one-stop-eco-show, where YOUR actions take center stage.

The SFPUC Water Pollution Prevention (P2) Program will be hosting a booth at this great event to collect your old/expired medications* for safe disposal. 

Why should I safely dispose of my medications?
- Flushing your medications can harm aquatic life in the Bay and Pacific Ocean because wastewater treatment plants were not designed to remove medications. 
- Disposing in the garbage also is not a good option either since most landfills were not designed to keep medications from leaching into the land or surrounding ground water.

So what are you waiting for? Come drop of your old medications and while you are at it, drop off your used cooking oil (which we’ll recycle for biofuel), grab a free bag of compost, or learn about rainwater harvesting! 

For more information please visit: http://www.bigbluebucket.org/

For more information regarding the SFPUC’s Pollution Prevention Program, please visit: http://pollutionprevention.sfwater.org/

*SFPUC cannot accept controlled substances at this event.  For a list of controlled substances click here: http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/alpha/alphabetical.htm