Old medication

If medicines are no longer needed or their shelf life has expired, they must be disposed of properly.

Used medication garbage can

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Dispose of medication safely

Expired or no longer needed medication should never be thrown down the sink or toilet! It is important to minimize and protect our waters and to dispose of medicines correctly.

Kommunalservice Jena has expanded its free take-back system for old medication with the support of the Zweckverband JenaWasser. Pharmacies were offered free medication garbage cans or alternative boxes for this purpose.

27 pharmacies are now participating in this take-back system, which organizes the environmentally friendly disposal of expired medicines. Furthermore, citizens of Jena can hand in their old medicines free of charge at the recycling centers of Kommunalservice Jena.

Waste disposal

Löbstedter Straße 68
07749 Jena
Germany

Phone

03641 4989-500

E-Mail

staedtereinigung@jena.de

What belongs in the container?

old medication in blister packs (these do not need to be squeezed out)
old ointments in tubes
e.g. cough syrup in the bottle
Powder or granules in sachets

What does not belong in the container?

Batteries, fluorescent tubes*
Fine chemicals, reagents and/or acids, bases or alkalis (collection subject to a charge after registration)
empty blister packs (yellow garbage can)
Syringes, cannulas, cytostatics (disposal via other disposal channels)
Aerosol cans, thermometers*
Slips of paper or outer packaging (blue garbage can)

* free collection after registration, please collect separately