Returning Unwanted Medicines

As easy as 1,2,3,4

By returning out-of-date and unwanted medicines to your local pharmacy, we can make our home a safer place.
Click here to find out how to return.

Pharmacy Collection Procedure

PROTOCOL FOR PHARMACISTS

A RUM Project approved container (the container) is delivered by the selected wholesaler to the participating pharmacy.

Please refer to the "Pharmacists" icon for Protocol pertaining to your State or Territory.

Welcome

Since 1998 the Return Unwanted Medicines (RUM) Project has provided for the collection and disposal of unwanted and out-of-date medicines from consumers across Australia.

The RUM Project is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing.

It is supported by many pharmaceutical and consumer bodies including the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Council on the Ageing (COTA), and Environmental Health Australia.

Consumers can return medicines

TO ANY PHARMACY - ANYTIME

Over 400 Tonnes of unwanted and out of date medicines are collected every year.