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title: "What goes to pharmacy"
description: "2 things that belong in pharmacy, with why each one goes there and what happens if it goes elsewhere."
url: https://atoneplace.net/where-does-it-go/pharmacy/
site: "At One Place"
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# What goes to pharmacy

2 things that belong in pharmacy.

| Item | Answer |
| --- | --- |
| Medicines and tablets | Take them back to a pharmacy. Not the bin, and — with a short list of exceptions — not the toilet. |
| Asthma inhalers | Pharmacy take-back. The propellant in a metered-dose inhaler is a potent greenhouse gas. |

- [Medicines and tablets](https://atoneplace.net/where-does-it-go/medicines/) — Take them back to a pharmacy. Not the bin, and — with a short list of exceptions — not the toilet.
- [Asthma inhalers](https://atoneplace.net/where-does-it-go/inhalers/) — Pharmacy take-back. The propellant in a metered-dose inhaler is a potent greenhouse gas.