Disposal

Signs for participating pharmacies (Image: FAU)
Signs for participating pharmacies (Image: FAU)

Our research group has received confirmation from the Government of Upper Franconia (Department 53.2 – Pharmacy, responsible for the administrative districts of Upper Palatinate, Middle, Lower and Upper Franconia) for the collection and recycling of expired drugs.

General information on the disposal of expired drugs

  1. Please hand in expired drugs preferably in their original packaging and packed in bags. However, drugs are often available loose in blister packs. These can also be handed in.
  2. Expired drugs in glass bottles are less suitable for the initiative, as there is a considerable risk of breakage during the various transport steps. This severely jeopardizes the usability of other expired drugs in the same transport unit.
  3. Used needles represent a considerable safety risk and must not be dispensed. Narcotics, cytostatics or medical devices (diabetes test strips, blood pressure monitors, etc.) are also not usable for the used drugs initiative.

Dispensing points

Hand-in options for citizens

Please hand in your expired drugs at pharmacies that support our research initiative. Please ask at the respective pharmacy or look out for our information signs. Please also note the general information on handing in expired drugs (see above).

We will be happy to send pharmacies that would like to actively support our research initiative the relevant signs and information material free of charge.

Handing in option for pharmacies

Pharmacies in the city area of Erlangen can drop off the collected expired drugs free of charge at the collection point at the Chemikum of the FAU (access via Erwin–Rommel–Straße, approx. 20 m south of the junction with Breslauer Straße).

The current collection point opening hours at the FAU Chemikum:

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9 am to 4 pm.

It is possible to drop off items in person outside opening hours by prior arrangement by telephone.

 

Expired drugs whose ingredients cannot (yet) be recovered as part of the research initiative are disposed of directly by us via Erlangen’s Zweckverband Abfallwirtschaft and the administrative district of Erlangen-Höchstadt.

Hand-in options for citizens

Please hand in your expired drugs at participating pharmacies. Please ask at the respective pharmacy or look out for our signs in the pharmacy or on the pharmacy door.

Alternatively, you can hand in your expired drugs at the Forchheim district landfill site in Gosberg or at the mobile hazardous waste collection point. The expired drugs collected there will be forwarded to our research initiative. Please also note the general information on handing in expired drugs (see above).

Hand-in options for citizens

Please hand in your expired drugs at participating pharmacies. Please ask at the respective pharmacy or look out for our signs in the pharmacy or on the pharmacy door.Please also note the general information on handing in expired drugs (see above).

Please note that the delivery of expired drugs to our research initiative is only possible after prior written agreement. Please contact us at altarzneimittel@fau.de. If you have any questions regarding the donation of expired drugs, please do not hesitate to contact our team. Thank you very much for your interest and support. Please also note the general information on the disposal of expired drugs (see above).