The new drop-off points have containers, sealed metal boxes similar to a mailbox. They were donated by Covanta Niagara. The Covanta Energy-from-Waste facility will safely destroy and convert the collected medications into clean energy at no cost to Niagara County.
The new drop-off sites are located at the at the North Tonawanda Police Department, 216 Payne Ave., the Middleport Police Department, 12 Main St., Middleport, and Town of Niagara Police Department, 7105 Lockport Road.
There are already collection points at the Lewiston Police Department, 4059 Creek Road, and Niagara Falls Police Department, 1295 Main St., the Lockport Police Department, 1 Locks Plaza, and the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office, 5526 Niagara St. Ext., Lockport.
“Niagara County is watching the resurgence of drug abuse closely, and with our present national opioid crisis, it is clear that eliminating prescription narcotics from circulation must be a priority,” said Niagara County Legislature Majority Leader Randy R. Bradt, R-North Tonawanda. “This provides a secure, legal disposal alternative for prescription drugs that keeps them out of the waste stream and off the streets.”
State Sen. Rob Ortt, Co-Chairman of the State Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction, said, “Prescription drug abuse is cutting across all demographics to affect people of all ages, ethnicities, geographic regions, and social classes. Prevention is critically important. These prescription drop-off boxes will keep unwanted drugs out of the wrong hands, and help to curb this growing epidemic.”
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