Dispose of prescriptions safely in Porter County

PORTER COUNTY | The Porter County Recycling and Waste Reduction District sponsors household hazardous waste collection events a few times each year, but residents dont have to wait to safely dispose of expired and unused prescription medications.

Five police departments around the county accept prescription medications any time throughout the year: 355 S. Washington St., Valparaiso; 2693 Irving St., Portage; 106 E. Sigler St., Hebron; 790 Broadway, Chesterton; and 50 Francis St., Porter.

The Hebron Police Department prescription medication drop box is available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The Valparaiso, Portage, Chesterton and Porter departments drop boxes are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

None of these locations accepts needles or syringes. Hebron and Porter departments do not accept liquids. The Hebron department does not accept metal nasal spray bottles, and the Porter department does not accept liquid capsules.

For more information, call the department: Porter, (219) 926-7611; Hebron, (219) 996-2747; Portage, (219) 762-3122; Chesterton, (219) 926-1136; and Valparaiso, (219) 462-2135.

The Recycling and Waste Reduction District has scheduled two more household hazardous waste collection events this year to collect unwanted medications and other products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable or reactive ingredients that require special care upon disposal. No controlled substances will be accepted at these events.

The next event is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Portage High School, 6450 U.S. 6.

For a listing of products accepted at household hazardous waste collection events, visit http://www.ItMeansTheWorld.org or call (219) 465-3694.

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Dispose of prescriptions safely in Porter County