Gumi-si Installs 'Expired Medicine Collection Boxes' at 10 Administrative Welfare Centers

Medicine Collection Day on the 18th of Every Month

Promotion of 'Proper Medicine Disposal'

Gumi City in Gyeongbuk has installed collection boxes at 10 administrative welfare centers (Indong, Yangpo, Seonjuwonnam, Sangmo-Sagok, Doryang, Songjeong, Imo, Jinmi, Hyeonggok 1, and Hyeonggok 2 administrative welfare centers) to facilitate the smooth collection and disposal of expired medicines.

Used Medicine Collection Box.

Expired medicines refer to drugs that have passed their storage period or have deteriorated and become unusable. If these are indiscriminately discarded into drains, they can enter the soil or waterways, causing environmental pollution.

Until now, expired medicines have been collected at public health centers and pharmacies, but with the expanded installation of collection boxes at administrative welfare centers, citizens can easily dispose of expired medicines.

The city will continue to operate collection boxes at existing locations such as public health centers, health sub-centers, and the Gumi Health Living Support Center. The expired medicines gathered in each collection box are collected by the Resource Circulation Division and safely incinerated, establishing a secure disposal system for expired medicines.

In addition, the city has designated the 18th of every month as Medicine Collection DAY and promotes proper methods for collecting expired medicines to encourage citizens to participate in the collection efforts.

Choi Hyun-joo, director of the Gumi Public Health Center, stated, “By expanding the installation of expired medicine collection boxes, we aim to ensure that expired medicines in households are properly disposed of. We will actively promote Medicine Collection DAY to prevent misuse and overuse of medicines and to protect citizens' safety and the environment.”

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