What You Can Do
Support Green Pharmacy
Donate to the Teleosis Institute's Green Pharmacy Campaign and help keep drugs out of our water! Your tax deductible gift supports the operation of our pilot take-back sites, the development of educational materials, and advocates for prevention of pharmaceutical pollution.
Click here to make a donation today!
Be Informed and Spread the Word
Learn about the environmental impacts of drugs in our water
and ways you can help prevent pharmaceutical pollution. Share our
educational materials
educational materials with colleagues, friends, family, and your health provider.
What Consumers Can Do
- Dispose of unused or unwanted medications at take-back sites or events. Click here to find a medicine take-back location
- Do NOT dispose of any medication down the toilet or in the trash
- Purchase drugs in small amounts, limiting expired medications
- Ask for medications with low environmental impact
- Encourage your provider to take-back unwanted drugs
- Share the message of safe disposal with family and friends
- Commit to wellness strategies to reduce your reliance on medications
- Practice healthy product stewardship
What Pharmacists and Health Providers Can Do
- Do not prescribe more medications than can be used
- Prescribe starter packs and refill packs
- Review and regularly reassess the patient's total consumption of medication
- Consider environmental impact when prescribing medications
- Learn more about which drugs have large environmental impacts
- Educate consumers about the importance of proper disposal of pharmaceutical waste
- Host a take-back site
Host a Take-Back Site
We encourage pharmacists, manufacturers, clinics/medical offices, veterinarians, and other organizations to participate in the solution by becoming a Green Pharmacy take-back site.
As a pilot site, your organization will be provided with all the materials and training needed to host a successful take-back program. For more information on becoming a take-back site, please call or email us, or download our materials:
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