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Drug Take Back Day Set For Saturday At Tredyffrin Police Department

Trashing old drugs or flushing them can lead to environmental impacts, and keeping them in homes can lead to unintended people getting them.

TREDYFFRIN TOWNSHIP, PA — This Saturday, the Tredyffrin Township Police Department will be serving as a collection site for the DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, residents are invited to drop off old, unused, and unwanted medications at the Tredyffrin Police Department.

Disposing of medications at the event will prevent them from ending up in places they shouldn't be.

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Throwing out old medications in the trash or flushing them down a toilet can lead to leaching into groundwater.

And keeping them in homes could result in an unintended person getting their hands on them.

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The Tredyffrin Township Police Department is located at 1100 Duportail Road in Berwyn.

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