Empty prescription pill bottles

What items can we take?

We are taking #5 plastic prescription bottles - check the bottle to see if there's a 5 in the recycling symbol! All pill bottles should be rinsed and dried, with personal information blacked out or removed. Caps should be left on the bottles!

#5 plastic prescription pill bottles without labels

If you have the lid, please fasten it onto the bottle.

#5 plastic prescription pill bottles with labels

Make sure to black out or remove any personal information. If you have the lid, please fasten it onto the bottle.

#5 plastic prescription pill bottles in various colors

Any color is fine as long as they are transparent and made of #5 plastic!

What isn’t in this category?

We cannot take bottles with medication left inside them. Please recycle any old medication through local medicine disposal programs.

Medicine

Please dispose of medicine through a local medicine take-back program

Bottles with medication left inside

Please dispose of medicine through a local medicine take-back program

White plastic pill bottles

Vitamin or over-the-counter bottles

Many curbside recycling programs will take these - check with your local provider!

Glass pill bottles

Check with your curbside recycling provider to see if they can take these

Foil or paper seals

Cotton balls

Empty prescription pill bottles.

66% of American adults use prescription medications, but sadly prescription pill bottles aren't accepted in most curbside recycling programs.

We're partnering with specialty recyclers who can process pill bottles, so that you can feel good about where your old bottles end up!

Partnering with Green Rhino Recycling

Green Rhino is an owner-run business with over 15 years experience working in the recycling industry. Green Rhino specializes in the recycling of many different types of plastics and focuses on preparing plastics for reuse into creating new plastic products. By doing so, Green Rhino is helping keep tons of materials out of the landfills here in the PNW. Green Rhino works closely with PNW local recyclers and manufacturers to create new end products. Their innovative collection and recycling methods ensure the highest amount of plastic is given another life in end market products such as planter pots and plastic pallets.

Partnering with Patients and Purpose

Patients & Purpose is a health communications company working in over 30 different therapeutic categories. Their goal is to bring healthy solutions to the communities they serve. They are driven by the power of awareness and education to change behavior for healthier outcomes and remain dedicated to our singular purpose—making patients, and the world, better.

Through this collection, together we can help ensure the prescription bottle, a symbol of health, continues to do good long after the pills inside have been taken.

FAQ

Where can I dispose of medicine?

Washington State residents can safely dispose of medication through the Department of Health's Safe Medication Return Program. Information on free mail-in and drop off options are available on the DOH website.