You're right..even incinerating the plastic bottles would give off toxic arsenic fumes..but compared to the amount of stuff incinerated by hospitals and doctors surgerys,the odd bottle we dispose of is minimal in comparison.Originally Posted by Willowy
I've never seen any other advice on how to dispose of old meds. I'm not sure if incinerating meds is any better, as there's probably drug residue in the ashes, and then the ashes would have to be disposed of somehow. Or the drugs would go up in the smoke and come down again in the rain. It's a real problem, I know, but I don't know what else can be done.