Michigan Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and EnergyThis dataset contains take back locations for unwanted household medications. Each feature includes the take back location facility name, address, phone number, as well as the t ypes of materials collected there. These types includes: Controlled Medications : A controlled substance is a medication that is only legal to possess if you are properly prescribed the medication and have lawfully purchased it. The medication normally is labelled as a Schedule I, II, III, IV or V drug. Controlled substances can only be collected by law enforcement or a collection operator who is registered with the Drug Enforcement Agency. If you are not sure if your medication is a controlled substance, check the controlled substance list or contact your pharmacy. Call the collection to verify whether they accept liquid controlled substances if the location does not accept non-controlled liquid medications. Solid Medications : Solid medications include only non-controlled prescription and non-prescription medications that are solid like pills, capsules, tablets, patches, ointments, and lozenges. It includes items like vitamin supplements that are solid. Check with the collection to see if inhalers are considered solid medications and collected. Liquid Medications : Liquid medications include only non-controlled prescription or non-prescription medication that are liquid. It includes items like vitamin supplements that are liquid. Sharps/Needles : Medical waste collected for diversion from landfill disposal generally includes only needles, lancets, empty syringes, and empty auto injectors like an epinephrine pen. If you are not sure if you have a medical waste, check the medical waste directory and contact the collection location. View the web app for this data. Users are encouraged to contact the collection location to verify the substance accepted. For more details on proper disposal of unwanted medications from households and healthcare, please visit Michigan.gov/EGLEDrugDisposal . To request a household drug collection location be added or updated, complete this submission form .ArcGIS DynamicMapLayerhttps://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/0db3fd7626c245c4a411981263fad596_0engState of Michigan Open Data PortalPublicHousehold Drug Take Back Locations [Michigan]Web servicesMichiganLast Modified: 2025-09-26