Bucks County Collecting Unused, Outdated Prescription Drugs

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — National Prescription Drug Take Back Day takes place on Saturday, October 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year’s Take Back event will feature 47 public collection sites located throughout the county. Simply drive up – or walk in – and drop off any unused, unneeded or expired medications for safe disposal.

In addition to prescription medications, the collection will be accepting over-the-counter and pet medications, vitamins, vaping products and more. Plus, select sites throughout the county will be collecting sharps and distributing Narcan. Visit https://tinyurl.com/takebackoctober2022 for site locations and what’s accepted.

Can't make it to Take Back Day? You can still safely dispose of your medications at one of the permanent collection boxes located at Bucks County police departments. Find a box near you: https://tinyurl.com/v3ece48u.

The following products may be dropped off during Take Back Day: Prescription and over-the-counter solid medications, i.e. tablets and capsules; liquid medications, inhalers, creams, ointments and nasal sprays; pet medications; and vaping devices, cartridges, pods and e-liquids (please remove batteries). Do not bring injectables, needles or illicit substances.

Why is Take Back Day important?

• When Pennsylvania youth were asked in a 2019 survey how they obtained prescription drugs they used without a doctor’s prescription, 42.9 percent said they “took them from a family member living in my home.”

• More than 50 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers get them from friends or relatives.

• Prescription and over-the-counter drugs are the most commonly misused substances by Americans 14 and older, after marijuana and alcohol.

• When drugs are flushed down the toilet, filters may not remove all of the chemicals.

Some of the items commonly accepted at permanent medication collection boxes include: prescription and over-the-counter medications, tablets, capsules, patches, creams, vitamins, pet medications, ointments and inhalers.

Visit one of the collection sites located in Bucks County to safely dispose unwanted, unused or expired meds.

Remember to remove any personal information from bottles before safely disposing them on Saturday, Oct. 28. Drive up and drop in your unneeded or unwanted medications at one of 47 sites. And bring your pet meds too.

Lower Bucks Collection Sites

• BENSALEM - GIANT Food Store*, 2721 Street Rd., Bensalem 19020
• BRISTOL BOROUGH - Bristol Borough Hall*, Pond Street, Bristol 19007.
• BRISTOL TOWNSHIP - Lower Bucks Hospital Main Lobby Entrance*, 501 Bath Rd., Bristol 19007
• BRISTOL TOWNSHIP - Bucks County Free Library*, 7311 New Falls Road, Levittown, PA 19055
• BRISTOL TOWNSHIP - Bucks County Technical High School, 610 Wistar Rd., Fairless Hills 19030.
• BRISTOL TOWNSHIP - Bristol Township Municipal Building*, 2501 Bath Rd., Bristol 19020
• FALLS TOWNSHIP - Pennsbury High School*, 705 Hood Boulevard, Fairless Hills 19030
• HULMEVILLE BOROUGH - William Penn Fire Station*, 123 Main Street, Hulmeville 19047
• LANGHORNE BOROUGH - Langhorne Borough Police Department*, 114 East Maple Ave., Langhorne 19047
• LOWER MAKEFIELD >> Lower Makefield Police Department*, 1100 Edgewood Rd., Yardley 19067
• LOWER SOUTHAMPTON - Poquessing Middle School, 300 Heights Lane, Feasterville-Trevose 19053
• MIDDLETOWN - GIANT Food Store, 168 North Flowers Mill Rd., Langhorne, 19047.
• MIDDLETOWN - GIANT Food Store, 4001 New Falls Rd., Levittown 19056
• MORRISVILLE BOROUGH - Morrisville Borough Police Department*, 35 Union St., Morrisville 19067
• NEWTOWN BOROUGH - Newtown Fire Association*, 14 Liberty Street, Newtown 18940
• NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP - Newtown Township Municipal Building*, 100 Municipal Dr., Newtown, 18940
• NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP - Northampton Police Department*, 111 Township Rd., Richboro 18954
• NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP - Village Shires Pharmacy, 1464 Buck Rd., Holland, PA 18966
• PENNDEL BOROUGH - Penndel Borough Hall*, 300 South Bellevue Ave., Penndel 19047
• TULLYTOWN BOROUGH - Tullytown Municipal Building*, 500 Main St., Tullytown 19007
• TULLYTOWN BOROUGH - Walmart Supercenter Parking Lot, 180 Levittown Pkwy., Levittown 19055
• UPPER MAKEFIELD - Upper Makefield Police Department*, 1076 Eagle Rd., Newtown, 18940
• UPPER SOUTHAMPTON - Upper Southampton Police Department, 939 Street Rd., Southampton 18966
• YARDLEY BOROUGH - Yardley Borough Police Department*, 56 South Main Street, Yardley 19067

*Sharps collection and Narcan Drive-Thru Event at these sites only