On Saturday, April 26th, from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m., the Village of Mount Pleasant Police Department, located at 8811 Campus Dr., in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration will participate in a Prescription Drug Take Back initiative for unused or expired prescription medication. The Mount Pleasant Police Department will be one of the drop-off sites. To participate, please utilize the main driveway entrance on the northwest corner of Mount Pleasant Village Hall for site access, located near 90th Street and Campus Drive.
Those who cannot participate in the April 26 event can drop off medication year-round in the permanent receptacle at the Police Department Lobby between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. This helps keep the Village safe from the misuse of unused/used prescription medication. The State of Wisconsin has a list of other permanent drop-off locations.
Bring: Prescription (controlled and non-controlled) and over-the-counter medications, ointments, inhalers, patches, non-aerosol sprays, creams, vials, and pet medications.
Do Not Bring: Illegal drugs, needles/sharps, mercury thermometers, aerosol cans, bio-hazardous materials (anything containing a bodily fluid or blood), flares, personal care products (shampoo, soaps, lotions, sunscreens, etc...), household hazardous waste (paint, pesticides, chemicals, oil, or gas), or acids.
Participants may dispose of solid, non-liquid medication(s) by removing the medication from its container and disposing of it directly into a disposal box or into a clear sealable plastic bag. Plastic pill containers should not be collected. Blister packages are acceptable without the medications being removed.
Liquids will be accepted during this initiative. However, the liquids, creams, and sprays must be in their original packaging and evenly distributed within the boxes of collected solid prescription medications. Liquids without the original packaging will not be accepted.
Illicit substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are not a part of this initiative and should not be placed in collection containers.
This event removes potentially dangerous pharmaceutical substances from medicine cabinets and prevents them from going into our water supply. No businesses allowed. All waste pharmaceuticals must be generated by a household.
The goal of Prescription Drug Take Back Day is to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposal while also educating the public about the potential for abuse of these medications. Unused or expired medicine should never be flushed or poured down the drain. Water reclamation facilities are not designed to remove all of them, and trace amounts of pharmaceuticals are showing up in rivers and lakes around the world.