11/06/2026
Välillä on hyvä siivota kodin lääkekaappi ja tuoda vanhentuneet sekä käyttämättä jääneet lääkkeet apteekkiin. Videolla ohjeistusta lääkejätteiden palautuksesta.
Instructions also in English:
💊 Expired and unused medicines should always be returned to a pharmacy. Only empty packages can be recycled at home.
💊 Remove any markings that include patient records from the package.
💊 Remove cardboard and put tablets and capsules in a transparent bag. Do not remove from blisters.
💊 Fold used transdermal patches in half, adhensive inwards.
💊 Return liquid medicines (gels, lotions, eye drops) in their original packages without the cardboard.
❗️Pack separately❗️
- IODIC MEDICINES: always return in a separate transparent plastic bag in their original packages.
- MERCURY THERMOMETERS/SYRINGES AND NEEDLES: return in a tight box, separately from pharmaceutical waste.
DO NOT PUT IN THE BAG:
The pharmacy does not accept other waste, such as chemicals, hairspray bottles, sunscreens, non-pharmacological products (food supplements, non-pharmacologinal eye drops, moisturizers), battery-operated thermometers or other electrical devices.
