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Drug and Electronics Collection and Document Shredding

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 29. 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 medication(s) 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.

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

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) 653-8154 with any prescription drug questions.

This event is also accepting electronics, courtesy of TDR Total Computer Recycling.

The following electronic items may be dropped off at no cost: computers, laptops, printers, cables, mice, keyboards, discs, electronic clocks, VCR and DVD machines, 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 $2 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) 6814423 with any electronic questions. Only cash or checks will be accepted as payment of disposal fees.

Document shredding during this event will be provided at no charge, courtesy of the Lancaster-Fairfield County Litter Prevention and Recycling Program. Participants wishing to shred documents are asked to observe a limit of three 10-inch-by-15-inch-by-24 inch (legal-size) boxes per car.