Important Spring Cleaning Issue

Now that we are coming out of cold and flu season and shelving those old medications, it's important to remember that old or unused meds do not get thrown out in the garbage, folks.

Medicines fall under the catagory of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW).

Don't flush'em down the toilet or wash them down the sink drain. We don't need medicated fish and we certainly don't want everyone else inadvertantly sharing your old meds. When you flush or drain them, your old meds end up in the public water supply.

Think about that.

Ugh.

Old medications can be taken to your pharmacy for proper disposal or contact your city or town waste disposal to find out where the Household Hazardous Waste drop off is located. In Toronto, there are specific days and times when HHW can be dropped off and it's good to be familiar with those times and locations 'cause there's a lot of HHW out there (batteries are another little peeve of mine... old batteries are also HHW.)

Paints, spray cans, toxic cleaning mats and containers... they are all HHW. In Toronto, if you can't make a drop off yourself during one of the appointed times, then wait until you collect a bunch of HHW as it gets used up in your household and call The Toxics Taxi Guys at 416.392.4330.

For further information, click here.

Medicated fish.

Ugh.