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Safe Medication Disposal

Where to Safely Dispose of Medication

Safely dispose of unused, unwanted or expired medications - prescription or over-the-counter - at any of the locations listed below. Before dropping off medications, cross off personal information that may be on the label and place medication in a plastic bag. Please note, these locations will not accept the following:

- Sharp Needles or EPI Pens

- Radioactive Medicines

- Household Chemical Waste

DEA National RX Take Back Day

October 27, 2018 - 10am - 2pm

On Saturday, October 27, 2018, from 10am - 2pm, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) will hold it's 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Find a collection site near you and learn more about the proper disposal of any unwanted, unused or expired prescription medications in your home: https://takebackday.dea.gov/

Regular Disposal Sites

ADDISON Addison Police Department 3 Friendship Plaza	ARLINGTON HEIGHTS Arlington Height Senior Center 1801 W. Central Road *Select dates, visit www.vah.com for more information.	AURORA Walgreens 1221 N. Lake St.	BATAVIA Batavia Police Department 100 N. Island Avenue
BENSENVILLE Bensenville Police Department 345 E. Green Street	BLOOMINGDALE Bloomingdale Police Department 201 S. Bloomingdale Road	BURR RIDGE Burr Ridge Village Hall 7700 S. County Line Road	CAROL STREAM Carol Stream Police Department 505 E. North Avenue
CLARENDON HILLS Clarendon Hills Police Department 448 Park Avenue	DOWNERS GROVE Walgreens 1000 Ogden Avenue	ELGIN Elgin Police Department 151 Douglas Avenue Walgreens 1700 Larkin Ave.	ELK GROVE VILLAGE Village Municipal Complex 901 Wellington Avenue
ELMHURST Elmhurst Police Department 125 E. 1st Street	GLENDALE HEIGHTS Glendale Heights Police Department 300 Civic Plaza	GENEVA Geneva Police Department 20 Police Plaza	GLEN ELLYN Glen Ellyn Police Department 65 Park Blvd Walgreens 324 Roosevelt Road
HANOVER PARK Hanover Park Police Department 2011 W. Lake Street Walgreens 7350 Barrington Road	HOFFMAN ESTATES Hoffman Estates Village Hall 1900 Hassell Road	ITASCA Itasca Police Department 540 W. Irving Park Road	JOLIET Joliet Police Department 150 W. Washington Street Walgreens 1801 Ingalls Avenue
LEMONT Lemont Police Department 14600 127th Street	LISLE Lisle Police Department 5040 Lincoln Avenue	MOKENA Mokena Police Department 10907 Front Street	MOUNT PROSPECT Mount Prospect Public Works 1700 W. Central Road
NAPERVILLE Naperville Police Department 1350 Aurora Avenue Naperville Hazardous Waste Facility 156 Fort Hill Drive Walgreens 63 W. 87th Street	NEW LENOX New Lenox Police Department 200 Veterans Parkway Walgreens 466 Nelson Road	ORLAND HILLS Orland Hills Police Department 16039 94th Avenue	ORLAND PARK Walgreens 14680 S. La Grange Road
OLYMPIA FIELDS Walgreens 20950 Governors Hwy Olympia Fields, IL 60461	PLAINFIELD Plainfield Police Department 14300 S. Coil Plus Drive West Substation Police Department 7196 Caton Farm Road	ROSELLE Roselle Police Department 103 E. Prospect Street Mark Drugs 384 E. Irving Park Road	SCHAUMBURG Schaumburg Police Department 1000 W. Schaumburg Road
ST. CHARLES St. Charles Police Department 211 N. Riverside Avenue	WESTMONT Farland Pharmacy, Inc. 2 N. Cass Avenue Westmont Police Department 500 N. Cass Avenue	WHEATON DuPage County Sheriff 501 N. County Farm Road	WOOD DALE Wood Dale Police Department 404 N. Wood Dale Road
WOODRIDGE Woodridge Police Department 1 Plaza Drive

DuPage Medical Group clinics and pharmaracies do not accept medication for recycling at this time. For additional disposal sites near you, please contact your local municipality.