Spartanburg Water, which serves more than 180,000 customers in and around Spartanburg, South Carolina, is spearheading RXcycle Spartanburg, a new initiative that lets people safely dispose of outdated and unused prescription and over-the-counter medications. On Sept. 26, four drop-off locations accepted medications, syringes, inhalers, liquids and patches. Spartanburg County Sheriff’s deputies staffed the drop-off sites to ensure medications were stored, transported and rendered inert according to U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency guidelines.“Not only are we going to get this medicine out of our homes and ensure that it’s not flushed, but also once it gets in the right hands, it’s going
Drug Talk: Spartanburg Water Launches Rx Outreach
Perhaps the first of its kind, this metropolitan water utility has devised a communitywide program to keep medication out of the water supply.
Oct 05, 2015 | by Brian Lovett |
