New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos has announced the second group of participants in the State's $2 million Pilot Pharmaceutical Take-Back Program. Participants include 172 retail pharmacies, hospitals, and long-term care facilities across the state. Two-hundred and forty-six facilities are now enrolled in the program, which began in 2017.
The second-round locations enrolled in the Pilot Pharmaceutical Take Back Program will officially begin accepting waste medications in May 2018. In Allegany County, Nicholson Pharmacy at 36 Schuyler Street was selected to participate.
"Installing medication drop boxes in community pharmacies, hospitals and long-term care facilities, increases opportunities for New Yorkers to properly and easily dispose of unwanted medications," said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos. "The hundreds of pharmacies and facilities participating in New York's free drug take-back program are protecting their communities and the environment."
