This is better for the environment
True.
We are still 27% to throw our unused drugs in the trash . Our household waste is 50% incinerated and 50% buried.
This is the problem: we contaminate the soils and waters of our drug substances . By recycling everything to the pharmacy, we are sure that, via the Cyclamed network, the products will end up at the incinerator, burned at 850 ° C.

You have to sort your meds before making them
True.
Because not all drugs are taken up by the recycling network.
Thus, cardboard packaging is destined for our sorting bins (yellow). Then, we can only report the "real" drugs: syrups, sprays, suppositories, ovules, ointments, gels ... Started or not . In contrast, the pharmacist does not take back other health products such as dressings, syringes, glasses or even veterinary drugs. What do we do with it? It is necessary to inquire in town hall to know where to deposit them ...

You can also bring back your dietary supplements
False.
These should be thrown in the trash ... even if they are capsules, tablets or ointments, looking like drugs.

Pharmacies send everything in the third world
False.
This was true before 2007 when the recycling organization Cyclamed proposed a "humanitarian valuation" of drugs. Nowadays, the valorization is "energetic": they are burned in 52 incinerators that produce heat and electricity to heat collective dwellings, colleges, swimming pools, cinemas ... (the equivalent of 10,500 dwellings), which saves fossil fuels