The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Villages Public Safety Department will be sponsoring Operation Medicine Cabinet. This will give Sumter County residents a chance to dispose of unused or expired prescriptions.
The event will be held on Saturday, March 11 at Winn Dixie at Lake Sumter Landng.
Deputies and firefighters will be on hand to retrieve the discarded medicines from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Proper disposal prevents the medicine from being stolen or abused. Thrown into the garbage, pharmaceuticals can wind up leeching into the environment. Flushed down a toilet the medicines can contaminate groundwater supply. Disposing of unused or expired medicine will also keep children and grandchildren from getting into the prescriptions.
Operation Medicine Cabinet provides a safe way of destroying pharmaceuticals through incineration, to avoid polluting the environment. Help us keep medications from getting into the wrong hands or our water supply.