China News, Lanzhou, June 7 (Shi Jingjing) "About 78.6% of households in China are equipped with small household medicine kits, of which 30% to 40% of medicines are valid for more than 3 years, but more than 80% of households do not have regular The habit of cleaning up medicine boxes." Hu Aiping, a second-level inspector of the Gansu Provincial Food and Drug Administration, said that Gansu will select 760 stores with good reputation and excellent service as designated pharmacies for family expired drugs, and implement a public welfare activity for paid collection of expired drugs.
On the 6th, the launching ceremony of Gansu Province's "Public Expenses for Paid Recycling of Expired Drugs into the Community Longyuan" was held in Lanzhou.
According to the White Paper on Recycling of Expired Drugs in Chinese Households, about 15,000 tons of expired drugs are produced nationwide a year. Family expired medicines have been explicitly included in the "National List of Hazardous Wastes", not only harmful garbage, but also one of the important sources of environmental pollution.
At the event site, citizen Hu Jianguo exchanged paper towels and gel pens for free with expired cold medicine. "Normally, some medicines are often kept at home, and after the expiration date, they are discarded with household garbage. Today I understand that they should be destroyed by professionals, so that they will not pollute the environment and can be exchanged for exquisite gifts." Hu Jianguo said that he will take the expired medicines to designated outlets in the future Recycle.
According to the staff of the pharmacy, expired medicines are easy to be swallowed, reduce efficacy or even fail. After taking it, not only does not cure the disease, but it will delay the condition.
The picture shows the inventory of expired drugs. Shi Jingjing
"People can bring expired medicines from their homes to designated stores, and the pharmacy recycling specialist will count the gifts according to the packaging unit and exchange gifts, so as to inspire more consumers to understand the dangers and recycling channels of expired medicines." Gansu Deshengtang Pharmaceutical Technology Group Co., Ltd. Li De, the company's vice president of quality, said that from now until November, 14 cities and prefectures in Gansu Province will successively hold the "Payment of Expired Drugs into the Community Longyuan Public Welfare Activities" to send knowledge about rational and safe drug use to the community and Enter the family and advocate a healthy and civilized lifestyle.
It is understood that the event is sponsored by Gansu Provincial Drug Administration, Gansu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, and undertaken by Gansu Deshengtang Pharmaceutical Technology Group Co., Ltd.
Meng Xiaodong, director of the Drug Circulation Supervision Department of the Gansu Provincial Drug Administration, said that the event aims to reduce the hidden dangers of drug safety through the recovery and processing of expired drugs, avoid the expired drugs from falling into the hands of unscrupulous vendors or medical institutions, and re-enter the market to evoke the public about expired drugs. Recognize the hazards, increase residents' awareness of environmental protection and safe drug use, explore the establishment of a long-term mechanism for the recovery of expired drugs and the classification of garbage, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of public drug use. (Finish)