{"id":386,"date":"2013-01-11T18:35:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T18:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gooddaysbaddays\/?p=386"},"modified":"2013-01-09T18:55:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T18:55:54","slug":"cleaning-out-the-medicine-cabinet-think-of-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gooddaysbaddays\/2013\/01\/cleaning-out-the-medicine-cabinet-think-of-the-environment.html","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning Out the Medicine Cabinet? Think of the Environment!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-387\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gooddaysbaddays\/files\/2013\/01\/apple-blossoms-by-Simon-Howden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-387\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/350\/2013\/01\/apple-blossoms-by-Simon-Howden-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of SimonHowden\/FreeDigitalPhotos.net<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our world is a precious, God-given gift.\u00a0 Thinking (and being)\u00a0green when we clean out fhe medicine cabinet is one of the ways that we who live with chronic pain and illness can\u00a0participate in environmentally conscious activities.\u00a0 How?\u00a0 By disposing of old or expired medications through recycling and\/or collection programs sponsored by local governments, pharmacies, hospitals, or other venues.\u00a0 This ensures that old\/expired meds will be responsibly handled and isolated from precious water and land resources.You can find out about available programs in your community by contacting your local health department, pharmacy,\u00a0 or hospital.\u00a0 Making the effort to take expired meds to a drop-off is a wonderful way to join others\u00a0in protecting our environment &#8211; and to helping us feel we&#8217;re not so isolated, too!<\/p>\n<p>Blessings for the day,<\/p>\n<p>Maureen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Our world is a precious, God-given gift.\u00a0 Thinking (and being)\u00a0green when we clean out fhe medicine cabinet is one of the ways that we who live with chronic pain and illness can\u00a0participate in environmentally conscious activities.\u00a0 How?\u00a0 By disposing of old or expired medications through recycling and\/or collection programs sponsored by local governments, pharmacies,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":548,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,4],"tags":[342,339,341,338,340],"class_list":["post-386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encouragement-in-life","category-words-of-encouragemnent-and-info-for-all","tag-disposal-of-expired-medications","tag-environment","tag-expired-medications","tag-gree","tag-recycling-medications"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cleaning Out the Medicine Cabinet? 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