FREE COMMUNITY EVENT

Walk, bike-up, or drive and drop off your unwanted/expired prescription drugs and sensitive documents. Drugs will be safely incinerated and documents will be securely shredded. 

Saturday October 26th, 2019, 10:00a.m. - 2:00p.m.

4735 E Burnside St.

Event Starts NO EARLIER than 10AM -- Ends at 2PM or when the trucks are filled to capacity

Prescription Drug Disposal

Document Shredding

Sunshine Division Donations

 Why participate?

• Reduce the risk of misuse of prescription medications 
• Reduce the risk of identity theft 
• Protect our water system with proper disposal of prescription drugs

The Sunshine Division will also be available for donations of canned food, dry pasta, and gently-used clothing for needy families. Tax deduction forms will be provided.

This FREE community shred event, prescription medication disposal, is sponsored by the Portland Police Bureau's White-Collar Crimes Unit, Office of Community & Civic Life, Sunshine Division, Rivermark Community Credit Union, and the Better Business Bureau.

*See flyer with full details including a list of accepted items on p.2.

Did you miss the turn-in event? See what alternate options are provided in the City of Portland for proper prescription medication disposal.

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Acceptable items for prescription medications disposal: Prescription medications and samples, over the counter medications, vitamins, pet medications, medicated ointments, and liquid medication in leak proof containers.

Items not accepted: Thermometers, Sharps, Syringes, IV bags, bloody or infectious waste, hydrogen peroxide, aerosol cans, inhalers, EpiPens.

NO SHARPS! (To dispose of sharps, contact Metro at 503-234-3000 or www.oregonmetro.gov)

Acceptable items for document shred event: Up to two grocery bags of documents.

Items not accepted: Cardboard or three ring binders

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Prescription drug disposal contact: Jenni Pullen, 503-823-4257, jenni.pullen@portlandoregon.gov

Document shred event contact: Sergeant Frazier, 503-823-0897, kevin.frazier@portlandoregon.gov