Household Drug Collection Schedule

Upcoming Dates and Locations

Last updated: April 23, 2013

Save the Date: DEA's 6th National Prescription Drug Take-back Day Saturday April 27, 2013 10am-2pm. For more information and locations, take a look at the DEA collections website (link leaves DEC's website)

Monthly Collections at Kinney Drugs

All Kinney Pharmacies will be collecting non-controlled prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications on the last Saturday of every month.

Do not bring illegal drugs, controlled prescription drugs such as Oxycontin, Percocet and Hydrocodone, biohazards, needles or sharps, personal care products or household hazardous waste.

Scheduled Drug Collections

Western Region
Central and Finger Lakes Region
Upper Hudson Valley - Capital Region - Northern Catskills
Southeastern and Catskills
Western Adirondacks
Eastern Adirondacks
Long Island
New York City

If there is no collection scheduled for your area, check with your local officials, police department or pharmacies to see if any are planned.

Western Region Scheduled Events
County	Sponsor	Location	Date/Time	Drugs to be Collected	Not Collected
Erie County	Kenmore Police Department	2395 Elmwood Avenue Kenmore, NY	Secure drop-box 24/7 access	Expired or unwanted prescription and over-the- counter-drugs, including controlled substances, EPI-pens, pet medications, inhalers.	Contact police for details.
Erie County	New York State University Police	Bissell Hall Buffalo, NY	Secure drop-box 24/7 access		Contact police for details.
Genesee County	NYS Troopers, Troop A Batavia	4525 West Saile Dr. Batavia, NY 14020	Secure drop-box 24/7 access	Prescription medications, medicated ointments, over-the-counter medications, and inhalers	Hazardous materials and needles are not accepted. Pharmacies and medical providers are not allowed to take part in the program.

Central and Finger Lakes Region Scheduled Events
County	Sponsor	Location	Date/Time	Drugs to be Collected	Not Collected
Broome County	Broome County Sheriff's Office Town of Dickinson	155 Lt. Van Winkle Drive Binghamton, NY Town of Union Offices 3121 East Main Street Endwell, NY	4/27/13 10am-2pm	Controlled and non-controlled substances to include OTC and prescription pills,powders and liquids.	Medical waste and mercury thermometers.
Cayuga County	Auburn Police Department	Auburn Police Department 46 North Street Auburn, NY	Secure drop box 24/7 access	Expired or unwanted prescription and over-the- counter-drugs, including controlled substances, EPI-pens, pet medications, inhalers.	Please contact Auburn Police Dept. for details.
Cortland County	Cortland Prevention Resources (formerly Seven Valleys Council)	Cincinnatus FD 5722 Telephone Rd., Cincinnatus Cortlandville Regional Training Center 999 Rt. 13, Cortland Marathon FD 1 Park St., Marathon Cortlandville Regional Training Center 999 Rt. 13, Cortland	4/27/13 9am-12pm 9/28/13 9am-12pm	All household OTC's, all prescriptions including controlled substances.	Sharps, medical waste, and mercury thermometers.
Madison County	BRiDGES - Madison Co. Council on Alcoholism & Substance Abuse	Madison Co. Office Building, 138 N. Court St. Wampsville	Permanent collection box Drop-off hours 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM	146 Front Street Deposit, NY	Sharps, inhalers, aerosol cans, infectious waste, waste medications from medical businesses/clinics, mercury thermometers
Madison County	New York State Police Troop D - Oneida	Route 5, PO Box 30 Oneida, NY	Secure drop box 24/7 access	Expired or unwanted prescription and over-the- counter-drugs, including controlled substances, EPI-pens, pet medications, inhalers	Contact State Police Troop D for details.
Monroe County	Monroe County Dept. of Environmental Services	Locations vary - see collection calendar (link leaves DEC's website) Contact: Tom Sinclair 585-753-7553 tsinclair@monroecounty.gov	Multiple collections scheduled, see calendar (link leaves DEC's website) for dates	Prescription and over-the-counter medications, ointments, sprays, inhalers, creams, vials and pet medications. Collections are for Monroe Co. residents only	Illegal drugs, household hazardous waste (paint, pesticides, oil, gas).
	Greece Police Department	Greece Police Department 400 Island Cottage Road Rochester, NY 14612	2nd Wednesday of every month 9am-12pm	Expired or unwanted over the counter drugs, prescription drugs including controlled substances, pills, powders, liquids, EPI-Pens, and pet medications	Mercury thermometers, medical waste, Iodine, and mercury containing medications
	Monroe County Sheriffs Department	Monroe County Sheriffs Office-A Zone 789 Linden Ave. Rochester, NY 14625	2nd Tuesday of every month Jan 8-Dec 10, 2013 10am-1pm
	East Rochester Police Department	East Rochester Police Department 254 West Ivy St. East Rochester, NY 14445	3rd Wednesday of every month 10am-1pm
	Fairport Police Department	Fairport Police Department 31 S. Main St. Fairport, NY 14450	1st Wednesday of every month 9am-1pm
	Brighton Police Department	Brighton Police Department 2300 Elmwood Ave Rochester,NY 14612	1st Friday of every month 9am-1pm
Ontario County	NY State Troopers, Troop E	Route 332 1569 Rochester Road Canandaigua, NY	Secure drop box	Prescription medications, medicated ointments, over-the-counter medications, and inhalers	Hazardous materials and needles are not accepted. Pharmacies and medical providers are not allowed to take part in the program.
Oswego County	Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority	Oneida-Herkimer Recycling Center 80 Leland Ave Utica,NY 13503	4/20/13 10am-2pm	Expired or unwanted OTC drugs, prescription drugs, controlled substances and pet drugs.	Sharps, medical waste and mercury thermometers.
Tompkins County	Tompkins County Sheriff Ithaca Police Dept. Cayuga Heights Police Dept. Cornell University Police Dept. Tompkins County Dept. of Probation Groton Police Dept. Trumansburg Police Dept. Dryden Police Dept. TC3( Tompkins Cortland Community College) Police Dept.	Public Safety Bldg., 779 Warren Rd., Ithaca 120 E. Clinton St., Ithaca 836 Hanshaw Rd., Ithaca G2 Barton Hall, between Statler Dr. & Garde Ave., Ithaca Human Services Bldg., 320 W. State/MLK Jr. St., Ithaca 108 E.Cortland St., Groton 5 Elm St., Trumansburg 16 South St., Dryden 170 North St. (main bldg., room 118), Dryden	24/7/365 M-F 8am-4pm M-F 9am-4:30pm 24/7/365 By appointment only; call 274-5367 M, W, F 8am-4pm or by appointment M-F 10am-2pm or by appointment M-F 9am-3pm or by appointment M-Sa 7am-10pm; Su 10am-6pm	Household expired or unwanted prescription and over the counter drugs including: controlled substances, capped EPI-pens, pet medications, inhalers, and mediated liquids in leak proof containers.	Mercury thermometers, medical waste, sharps (needles, lancets, etc.), uncontained liquids. Pharmacies and medical providers are not permitted to use this disposal option.

Upper Hudson Valley - Capital Region - Northern Catskills Scheduled Events
County	Sponsor	Location	Date/Time	Drugs to be Collected	Not Collected
Albany County	NYS Troopers, Troop G Latham	760 Troy - Schenectady Road Latham, NY 12110	Secure drop box, 24/7 access	Prescription medications, medicated ointments, over-the-counter medications, and inhalers	Hazardous materials and needles are not accepted. Pharmacies and medical providers are not allowed to take part in the program.
Delaware County	New York State Police Troop C - Sidney	Route 7, Box 300 Sidney, NY 13838	Secure drop box 24/7 access	Expired or unwanted prescription and over-the- counter-drugs, including controlled substances, EPI-pens, pet medications, inhalers.	Contact the police department for details.
Delaware County	Village of Deposit Police Department	146 Front Street Deposit, NY	Secure drop box 24/7 access		Contact the police department for details.
Otsego County	NYS Troopers, Troop C Sydney	823 State Route 7 Unadilla, NY	Secure drop box, 24/7 access	Prescription medications, medicated ointments, over-the-counter medications, and inhalers	Hazardous materials and needles are not accepted. Pharmacies and medical providers are not allowed to take part in the program.
Saratoga County	Town of Waterford	Town of Waterford Police Department 65 Broad St. Waterford, NY 12188	On-going	Expired or unwanted over the counter drugs, including pet drugs, Prescription drugs, Controlled Substances,Pills, Powders, Liquids, and EPI-Pens	Sharps, Medical Waste, and Mercury Thermometers

Southeastern and Catskills Scheduled Events
County	Sponsor	Location	Date/Time	Drugs to be Collected	Not Collected
Dutchess County	NYS Police Troop K Poughkeepsie	2541 Route 44 Salt Point, NY 12578	Secure Drop Box 24/7 access	Prescription medications, medicated ointments, over-the-counter medications, and inhalers	Hazardous materials and needles are not accepted. Pharmacies and medical providers are not allowed to take part in the program.
	Hyde Park Police Department	3 Cardinal Road Hyde Park, NY	Secure Drop Box 24/7 access	Any prescription or over the counter pills, pet medications, ointments, lotions, liquids, and pet medications.	Hazardous materials and needles are not accepted. Pharmacies and medical providers are not allowed to take part in the program.
	Dutchess County Sheriffs Office	150 North Hamilton St. Poughkeepsie, NY 12601	Secure Drop Box 24/7 access
	East Fishkill Police Department	2468 Route 52 Hopewell Jct, NY 12533	Secure Drop Box 24/7 access
	RedHook Police Department	7467 South Broadway RedHook, NY 12601	Secure Drop Box Hours:8am-Midnight
	Dutchess County Resource Recovery Agency	96 Sand Dock Road Poughkeepsie, NY	4/6/13,8/3/13,11/2/13 8am-10am
Orange County	NYS Troopers, Troop F Middletown	55 Crystal Run Road Middletown, NY	Secure drop box, 24/7 access	Prescription medications, medicated ointments, over-the-counter medications, and inhalers	Hazardous materials and needles are not accepted. Pharmacies and medical providers are not allowed to take part in the program.
	Orange County Sheriff's Office	Thomas Bull Memorial Park (Town of Montgomery)	May 10-11,2013 9am-3pm		Explosives or Ordinance, Gas Cylinders, Infectious or Biological Wastes, and Radioactive Wastes
		Port Jervis Transfer Station, Port Jervis High School Bus Garage	June 7-8,2013 9am-3pm
		Delano Hitch Recreational City (City of Newburgh)	Sept. 6-7,2013 9am-3pm
		Fire Training Center (New Hampton)	Oct. 18-19,2013 9am-3pm
Putnam County	Putnam County Health Department Putnam County Community that Cares Putnam County Sheriff's Department	Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel, NY	April 27,2013 9am-2pm November 22,2013 9am-2pm	Prescriptions and over the counter medications including controlled substances, pet medications, and EPI-Pens	Sharps,Mercury thermometers, Medical Waste
Rockland County	Office of the Sheriff County of Rockland Police Division (845) 638-5400	Rockland County Sheriff's Police Div. 55 New Hempstead Rd., New City	2nd Saturday of each month 10am-2pm	Expired, unwanted, unused medication including controlled and uncontrolled substances.	Household hazardous waste, sharps, mercury thermometers, bio-hazardous waste
Ulster County	Ulster County Resource Agency NYSDEC	999 Flatbush Road, Kingston,NY 12401 21 S.Putt Corners Rd., New Paltz,NY 12561	4/20/13,10/19/13 8am-2pm 7/20/13 8am-2pm	OTC medications, pet medications, prescription medications, controlled substances, pills, powders, liquids, and EPI pens.	Sharps, medical waste and mercury
Westchester County	Alliance for Safe Kids	Yorktown Police Dept.	Continuous collection	Expired or unwanted prescription and over-the- counter-drugs, including controlled substances, EPI-pens, pet medications, inhalers.	Sharps, medical waste, mercury thermometers
Westchester County	Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities	15 Dana Rd Valhalla, NY (HHW Collection Facility)	1/3,2/5,3/5,4/2,5/9,6/4,7/2,8/6,9/3 10/1,11/7,12/3 10am-3pm		Sharps, medical waste, mercury thermometers

Western Adirondacks Scheduled Events
County	Sponsor	Location	Date/Time	Drugs to be Collected	Not Collected
Herkimer County	Herkimer Police Department	120 Green Street Herkimer, NY	Secure drop box 24/7 access	Expired or unwanted prescription and over-the- counter-drugs, including controlled substances, EPI-pens, pet medications, inhalers.	Contact police department for details.
Madison County	NYS Troopers, Troop D, Oneida	Route 5 Oneida, NY	Secure Drop box, 24/7 access	Prescription medications, medicated ointments, over-the-counter medications, and inhalers	Hazardous materials and needles are not accepted. Pharmacies and medical providers are not allowed to take part in the program.
Jefferson County	Fort Drum MEDDAC Environmental Health Dept.	Various locations within the Fort Drum installation boundaries Contact: Env. Health (315) 772-5260 CPTs Webber or Bigelow	May 2012 to December 2013 Times vary between 0800-1700	Over-the-counter drugs, prescription drugs, pet drugs	Sharps, medical waste and mercury thermometers
	Guthrie Environmental Health	Guthrie Army Health Clinic Fort Drum, NY 13602	Continuous	Non- Narcotic medications	Narcotics or controlled meds
	Jefferson County Sheriff's Department Lt. Kevin M. Amann (315) 786-2668	753 Waterman Drive Watertown, NY 13601	Secure drop box 24/7 access	Expired or unwanted prescription and over-the-counter-drugs, including controlled substances, EPI-pens, pet medications, inhalers.	Sharps, medical waste, and mercury thermometers.

Eastern Adirondacks Scheduled Events
County	Sponsor	Location	Date/Time	Drugs to be Collected	Not Collected
Clinton County	Plattsburgh Police Department	Plattsburgh Police Department 45 Pine Street Plattsburgh, NY	Secure drop-box 24/7 access	Expired or unwanted prescription and over-the- counter-drugs, including controlled substances, EPI-pens, pet medications, inhalers.	Contact the Plattsburgh Police Dept. for details.
Essex County	NYS Troopers, Troop B Ray Brook	1097 State Route 86 Ray Brook, NY	Secure drop box, 24/7 access	Prescription medications, medicated ointments, over-the-counter medications, and inhalers	Hazardous materials and needles are not accepted. Pharmacies and medical providers are not allowed to take part in the program.
Franklin County	Franklin County Sheriff's Office	45 Bare Hill Road Malone, NY	Secure drop boxes 24/7 access	Expired or unwanted prescription and over-the- counter-drugs, including controlled substances, EPI-pens, pet medications, inhalers.	Contact the local police for details.
	Saranac Lake Police Department	1 Main Street Saranac Lake, NY
	Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police	412 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY

Long Island Scheduled Events
County	Sponsor	Location	Date/Time	Drugs to be Collected	Not Collected
Nassau County	Malverne Police Department	1 Britton Circle Malverne, NY	Secure drop box 24/7 access	Expired or unwanted prescription and over-the- counter-drugs, including controlled substances, EPI-pens, pet medications, inhalers.	Contact police department for details.
Nassau County	Nassau County Police Dept.	Eighth Precinct, 286 Wantagh Ave. Levittown Seventh Precinct 3636 Merrick Road Seaford, NY Sixth Precinct 100 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY Fifth Precinct 1655 Dutch Broadway Elmont, NY Fourth Precinct 1699 Broadway, Hewlett, NY Third Precinct 214 Hillside Ave. Williston Park, NY Second Precinct 7700 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, NY First Precinct 900 Merrick Rd. Baldwin NY	Continuous collection	Expired and unused prescription medications	Hydrogen peroxide,inhalers,aerosol cans, ointments, lotions and liquids.
Suffolk County	Suffolk County Police Department's Operation Medicine Chest (631) 852-6530	To be held at the seven Suffolk County precincts: First Precinct 555 Rte. 109, W. Babylon Second Precinct 1071 Park Ave. Huntington Third Precinct 1630 5th Ave. Bayshore Fourth Precinct\| 345 Old Willetts Path, Hauppauge Fifth Precinct 125 Waverly Ave, Patchogue Sixth Precinct 400 Middle Country Road Selden Seventh Precinct 1491 Wm. Floyd Pkwy, Shirley	Metal lock boxes for pharmaceutical collection are available at all seven Suffolk Co. precincts 24 hour a day, seven days a week.	Household pharmaceuticals, over the counter, including controlled substances.	Pharmacy, veterinarian or any other pharmaceutical business waste will not be collected.
	Lynn Nowick, The Town of Smithtown Dept. of Public Safety	Town of Smithtown Dept. of Public Safety, 65 Maple Avenue, Smithtown, NY	Permanent collection receptacle, open Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM year-round.	Expired and unwanted over-the-counter drugs, including veterinary medications. Prescription drugs. Pills, powders, liquids,ointments and EPI-pens	Sharps. medical waste and mercury thermometers.
	NYS Troopers, Troop L Farmingdale	7140 Republic Airport East Farmingdale	Secure drop box, 24/7 access	Prescription medications, medicated ointments, over-the-counter medications, and inhalers	Hazardous materials and needles are not accepted. Pharmacies and medical providers are not allowed to take part in the program.

New York City Scheduled Events
County	Sponsor	Location	Date/Time	Drugs To Be Collected	Not Collected
Bronx	NYC Department of Sanitation David Hirschler (212)-437-4675	Yankee Stadium 151st Street Lot Bronx,NY	April 20, 2013 10am-4pm	All Household Pharmaceuticals	All other materials such as Sharps, Medical Waste and Mercury Thermometers will be handled by our HHW Vendor.
Brooklyn	NYC Department of Sanitation David Hirschler (212)-437-4675	Prospect Park Park Circle Brooklyn,NY	April 7,2013 10am-4pm	All Household Pharmaceuticals	All other materials such as Sharps, Medical Waste and Mercury Thermometers will be handled by our HHW Vendor.
Manhattan	NYC Department of Sanitation David Hirschler (212)-437-4675	Columbia University Teachers College Manhattan,NY	April 28,2013 10am-4pm	All Household Pharmaceuticals	All other materials such as Sharps, Medical Waste and Mercury Thermometers will be handled by our HHW Vendor.
Queens	NYC Department of Sanitation David Hirschler (212)-437-4675	Citi Field Parking Lot E&F Queens,NY	March 30, 2013 10am-4pm	All Household Pharmaceuticals	All other materials such as Sharps, Medical Waste and Mercury Thermometers will be handled by our HHW Vendor.
Staten Island	NYC Department of Sanitation David Hirschler (212)-437-4675	Staten Island Mall Parking Lot F Staten Island,NY	April 14,2013 10am-4pm	All Household Pharmaceuticals	All other materials such as Sharps, Medical Waste and Mercury Thermometers will be handled by our HHW Vendor.