Sancheong County Youth Center Volunteers in Collecting Unused Pharmaceuticals Draw Attention

Weekly Monday Campaign... Cooperation with Military Health Medical Center for Collection and Disposal

Youth Steering Committee Unused Medicine Collection Site

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Adolescents in Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam are attracting attention by volunteering to collect unused pharmaceuticals.

The Sancheong-gun Youth Center Youth Operating Committee announced on the 30th that they conduct a campaign and collection activities for unused pharmaceuticals every Monday at Sancheong Middle School.

This campaign aims to prevent environmental pollution caused by indiscriminately discarded waste pharmaceuticals in households and to improve local residents' awareness of this issue.

The Youth Operating Committee plans to collect waste pharmaceuticals on the way to school every Monday at Sancheong Middle School. The waste pharmaceuticals collected from students and faculty are safely collected and disposed of by being delivered to the Health Policy Division with active cooperation from the Sancheong-gun Health Center.

A youth who participated in the collection campaign said, "I used to throw leftover medicine into the trash bag, but I realized that throwing it away like that causes environmental pollution, so I need to be careful from now on," and added, "Since nearby pharmacies or health centers collect waste pharmaceuticals, I will inform my family as well."

An official from Sancheong-gun said, "We hope that the unused pharmaceutical collection activity, which started as a volunteer activity by students, will gradually spread and settle by leading the participation of local schools and residents."

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