Violet Township

Drug and Electronics Collection and Document Shredding Set for April 28

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day has been scheduled for Saturday, April 28 from 9 a.m. to noon.

The Fairfield Soil and Water Conservation District — in cooperation with Violet Township, Fairfield County Sheriff’s office, and Lancaster-Fairfield County Recycling & Litter Prevention — will be participating in the event. The collection site will be the Violet Township Service Center located at 490 N. Center St. in Pickerington, which is at the corner of Stemen Road and Center Street.

This national event marks an ongoing effort to rid the nation’s medicine cabinets of potentially dangerous drugs, particularly controlled substances. Until recently, unused drugs and/or expired medications were commonly discarded in the trash (landfill) or flushed down the sink or toilet – leading to potential chemical contamination of ground water and/or wastewater treatment plants and causing harm to aquatic life and the human water supply.

Prescription pills, capsules, liquids, creams, gels, ointments, patches, suppositories, powders, syringes and IVs will be collected. No aerosols or inhalers will be accepted. Please black out the name or remove the label before bringing containers to the disposal site. If disposable items are of unknown origin, they may be dropped off with no questions asked. Call the Fairfield SWCD office at 740-6538154 with any prescription drug questions.

Electronics will also be accepted at this event. The following items may be dropped off at no cost: computers, laptops, printers, cables, mouses, keyboards, discs, electronic clocks, VCR and DVD players, radios, and cell phones. Computer monitors will be accepted at no additional cost if they are included as part of an entire computer system. However, there will be a $3 disposal fee for computer monitors that are brought in without a processor or tower. Televisions will be accepted at the event at a cost of $1 per diagonal inch. Call Patty Bratton with Litter Prevention and Recycling at 740-681-4423 with any questions about electronics. Only cash or checks will be accepted as payment of disposal fees. There will also be document shredding offered at this event. Participants wishing to shred documents are asked to observe a limit of five (5) 10” by 15” by 24” (legalsize) boxes per car. Document shredding provided courtesy of Diley Ridge Medical Center.