Reuse:
These two Bainbridge Island pharmacies will accept your labeled prescription pill bottle for reuse if you bring it in to be refilled.
Bainbridge Island Community Pharmacy, 124 Winslow Way W
Rite Aid, 301 High School Rd
If you can follow their exact instructions for reuse, the nonprofit Matthew 25: Ministries will use them for medical care in developing countries.
Recycling:
Amber prescription pill bottles are not allowed in residential or transfer station recycling
Ridwell collects them (must have #5 inside the recycling symbol) as a featured category. If you know someone with a Ridwell subscription, save up your bottles (remove label if possible or black out personal information) and ask if you can contribute to their collection.
Non-prescription, over-the-counter pill bottles (empty) are accepted in curbside recycling if they are bigger than 4 ounces. If smaller, throw in the trash because they are too small to make it through the sorting process at the MRF (materials recovery facility, or “murf”), where our recycling is sorted and baled.
Last updated 7/31/24