How do you get rid of half used calpol?

[Overthinker89]

Hiya, I have about 3 half full calpol bottles I need to throw out. Do I tip calpol down the sink or am I supposed to take it somewhere for proper disposal so it doesnt get into the environment/water. Thanks

Maybe Boots will take unused medicines. I am sure that I saw a box to put them in at my shop.

I'd pour it down the sink personally but maybe best not to take environmentally sound advice from me!

I would just chuck the bottle in the bin

Hand it to a pharmacy

Isn't the handing to a pharmacist thing so that you don't have random morphine etc going about the streets? I don't think calpol is in the same league.

Hand it in to a pharmacy.

Pour it down the sink. Handing back medicines to the pharmacy isn't necessary for a bit of paracetamol, whazz it down the loo or something.

Pharmacy. Our water system doesn't need any more chemicals in it.

I Agree.
We take all medication back.
Take it into a pharmacy so they can dispose of it safely.

Nope it's so it gets disposed of properly

I'd stick it in the bin, the pharmacy isn't for handing in calpol

The pharmacy is absolutely for handing in unused calpol, amongst other medications. That's why this disposal system exists.

Throw it in the bin

Am I the only one wondering how you end up with 3 x 1/2 bottles of Calpol ?

Most people would just chuck it down the sink or throw it in the bin!

Is out of date? I'd just use it for myself personally. Adult dose is usually twice the child one so it would get used up pretty quickly.

I'd just put the sealed bottle in the bin. Probably wrong on a number of levels now I think if it.

Although, actually, unless it's really really out-of date, I'd just use it.

I would just use it for myself if not massively out of date. An adult dose is quite a lot of calpol.

Just use it.

They will laugh at you if you hand it into a pharmacy. It’s not a controlled drug so doesn’t need to be handed in. Throw it in the bin

I'd probably use it on myself, but you can definitely hand it on to the pharmacy. We have a big purge of the medicine cabinet and hand in everything that's gone out of date in one trip.

^this.

Tablets I take to the pharmacy, but Calpol I would tip down the sink, then rinse and recycle the bottle.

Out of interest, I do wonder what pharmacies actually do with these things when they are handed in? Is it some sort of incineration?

They won't laugh at you because it is the correct course of action.