ESG
Location: Nangang Software Park II Atrium (No. 3, Park Street, Nangang District, Taipei)
Antibiotics or hormones contained in unwanted medicines may pollute rivers and water resources if dumped directed in sink or flushed in the toilet. The pharmacists at the St. Martin De Porres Hospital stated that medicines that do not pollute may be thrown in the trash to be burned. However, drugs with higher toxicity such as anticancer drugs may cause environmental pollution and should be brought back to the hospitals and clinics for proper disposal. The safest way is to bring all the unwanted medicines to the hospitals, clinics or community pharmacies to be processed by the professional staffs. Pharmacists at the Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital indicated that patients may follow the "six steps in reclamation of unwanted medicines" to discard the medicines properly.