Recycling A to Z Guide | City of Fort Collins

Prescription Drug

Hazardous Waste

Colorado law requires that unused household medications be disposed of at approved collection sites.

Follow the link below to find collection locations.

Do NOT flush your old or leftover prescription drugs or other medications down the drain. Wastewater treatment plants are not designed to remove these chemicals and compounds, so they can pass through to local waterways and have harmful effects on animals, humans and the environment.

Accepted At:

Location	Contact Information	Details
Fort Collins Police Services	2221 S. Timberline Rd. Fort Collins 80525 970-221-6540	This service is free & anonymous. Bring your prescription drugs and medications for proper disposal. PRESCRIPTION AND OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS (Remove pills from bottles and put in a sealed plastic bag) Not Accepted: Over-the-Counter creams or ointments Intravenous solutions or injectables Chemotherapy drugs Illegal drugs Medications under pressure, such as inhalers or oxygen tanks Empty bottles Medical supplies including band-aids, thermometers, hydrogen peroxide, etc. Personal medication only (no drop-off from pharma reps)	Other items accepted here
UCHealth Emergency Room - Harmony Campus	4630 Snow Mesa Drive Fort Collins 80528 (970) 237-8140 View Website	Accepts any and all medications as well as any liquid medications, ointments, vitamins, pet medications or patches. Items not accepted include: Drugs used for chemotherapy, needles or glass, illegal substances and marijuana.	Other items accepted here

Location

Contact Information

Details

Fort Collins Police Services

2221 S. Timberline Rd.
Fort Collins
80525

970-221-6540

This service is free & anonymous. Bring your prescription drugs and medications for proper disposal.

PRESCRIPTION AND OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS (Remove pills from bottles and put in a sealed plastic bag)

Prescription medications including liquids, creams and ointments
Over-the-counter medications
Vitamins
Up to five empty syringes/needle*
- *This is not part of the Drug Take Back Program but is a separate service provided by Fort Collins Police Services. Syringes that are not empty cannot be accepted.

Not Accepted:

Over-the-Counter creams or ointments
Intravenous solutions or injectables
Chemotherapy drugs
Illegal drugs
Medications under pressure, such as inhalers or oxygen tanks
Empty bottles
Medical supplies including band-aids, thermometers, hydrogen peroxide, etc.

Personal medication only (no drop-off from pharma reps)

Other items accepted here

UCHealth Emergency Room - Harmony Campus

4630 Snow Mesa Drive
Fort Collins
80528

(970) 237-8140

View Website

Accepts any and all medications as well as any liquid medications, ointments, vitamins, pet medications or patches.

Items not accepted include: Drugs used for chemotherapy, needles or glass, illegal substances and marijuana.

Other items accepted here