Medicines may be good, perhaps even vital, for us – but they are bad for the environment. Anyone who throws their leftover pharmaceuticals in the rubbish or flushes them down the loo is harming the environment. But the Swedish seniors know how to do handle them correctly.

Medicines may be good, perhaps even vital, for us – but they are bad for the environment. Anyone who throws their leftover pharmaceuticals in the rubbish or flushes them down the loo is harming the environment. But the Swedish seniors know how to do handle them correctly.

Pharmaceuticals are found in surface and groundwater across Europe. Awareness has grown of the possible risks from pharmaceuticals in the environment, being a risk to fish and other wildlife, for example by affecting their ability to reproduce. However, take-back systems exist in all EU-courtiers, so we all now know what to do!