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.
  

Here are some places that currently accept old/expired medications. Please contact them for more information:

1. Recycled AIDS Medicine Program (RAMP) - RAMP accepts unused AIDS and HIV medications. 
   
   
   

   Immune Enhancement Project medications may be mailed 3450 16th Street, San Francisco Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. (415) 252-8711	Tenderloin Health 255 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday 12 noon - 1 p.m., (415) 437-2900
   San Francisco LGBT Center 1800 Market Street, San Francisco Monday - Friday 12 noon - 10 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. (415) 865-5555	Quan Yin Healing Arts Center 455 Valencia Street, San Francisco Tuesday - Friday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. (415) 861-4964
   BioScrip Pharmacy 2262 Market Street, San Francisco Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. (415) 255-0101

   
   
   
2. Costco - Take back limited to expired Costco prescriptions only.


• 450 10th Street
  San Francisco, CA 94103
  (415) 626-4341 

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