LaSalle County Health Department is launching a residential sharps disposal program to provide residents with a free and easy way to dispose of medical needles.

Novant Health holds a medication disposal drive-thru event to help people safely throw away their old medications.

The environment department of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has fined three private hospitals for mixing hospital waste ...

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is Saturday, and locations around Portage County can be accessed to dispose of ...

For example, used needles that are disposed of improperly ... Beyond the immediate danger to individuals, unsafe medical waste disposal can have wider consequences for the environment.

Improperly discarding medications and used medical sharps is putting ... trash or flushing them down the drain can harm ...

"A patient came in after what was described as a 'head injury.' We realized how bad it was after seeing a plastic grocery bag ...

Needles left discarded beside a bin close to a busy Maryborough supermarket have raised concerns in the community.

Part of the National DEA Drug Take Back Day, the VA will host a drive-up drug disposal event this Friday, April 25, from 10 a ...

Watchdog Wednesday has the latest on a new stop sign in the city, a listening session with state representatives and more ...

Every National Drug Take Back Day, the DEA, the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio and local law enforcement agencies collect tablets, capsules, patches and other forms of prescription drugs.