New York State Pharmacy Medication Collection Box Locations

Addresses of pharmacies, hospitals, and long-term care facilities participating in a two-year pilot program for safe medication disposal. The dataset is provided by the State of New York and was last updated in April 2026. It supports efforts to keep pharmaceuticals out of waterways and prevent misuse.

Use Cases

• Map facility locations and addresses to analyze geographic coverage and access gaps for medication disposal services.
• Identify participating facility types (e.g., pharmacies, hospitals) to assess program reach across different healthcare providers.
• Use the program's two-year pilot timeframe to study changes in participation or collection trends over time.

Strengths

• Data covers a defined two-year pilot program with a clear operational scope.
• Includes multiple facility types (pharmacies, hospitals, long-term care) for cross-sector analysis.
• Last updated date is explicitly recorded as April 2026.

Limitations

• Unknown row count prevents assessment of dataset scale and completeness.
• Specific data columns beyond addresses and facility types are not documented.
• Geographic scope is limited to New York State, not nationally representative.

Provenance

Source

State of New York, likely via the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Collection Method

Collected from participants in the state's Pilot Pharmaceutical Take-Back Program.

Time Range

Covers the two-year duration of the pilot program; specific start year is unknown.

Freshness

Updated on 2026-04-04.

Geography

New York State, USA.