Outdated Medicine Drop Box

Where:

There is a medication drop box at the Lawrence Township Police Department located at 2211 Lawrence Road, Lawrence Township, NJ 08648.

What Types of Medications:

For safety reasons, the Project Medicine Drop Box can only accept solid medications such as pills, patches, inhalers, and similar objects.

The box cannot accept liquids, medical waste, or syringes. Residents wishing to dispose of these objects should speak with their doctors or pharmacists to find the safest and best ways to dispose of them.

It should also be noted that only legal prescriptions or over-the-counter medications may be disposed of. Anyone wishing to dispose of any illicit drug should follow the normal procedure of reporting it to the police.

Used Syringes:

Individuals with syringes used in the home should follow these steps to safely dispose of your syringes in your municipal trash:

Your syringes must be placed in rigid containers that will protect people from needle sticks. Use containers such as empty laundry bottles with screw-on caps. After putting syringes in the bottle, Seal the bottle tightly with the original lid and wrap duct tape over the lid after you fill the bottle with syringes. You may dispose of the tightly sealed container of syringes in your household garbage- NOT in your recycling bin.

Automatic epinephrine syringes, regardless of type, are disposed of in the same manner as all other syringes.

You may also go to the New Jersey Consumer Affairs page for additional information: https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/meddrop