Priceline Pharmacy is allowing
customers to take expired or
unwanted medication to one of
its 225 pharmacies for safe, free
disposal (pictured).
The company said on average
each pharmacy had filled three
20 litre bins since the programme
began in November.
Dispensary services manager
Regina Cowie said the program had
been launched because customers
needed to be able to dispose of
expired medication in a secure and
environmentally responsible way.
“The results also indicate that the
offer to help customers dispose of
their unwanted medicines for free
has been effective in driving sales,
as customers are purchasing new
products to replenish their medicine
cabinets at the same time.”
The Hong Kong Academy of
Pharmacy had recommended
previously that a system of disposal
through pharmacies needed to be
put in place in the country (PD 30
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