New York State Pharmaceutical Take-Back Collection Sites

Pilot Pharmaceutical Take-Back Program Medication Collection Boxes lists addresses of participating pharmacies, hospitals, and long-term care facilities in New York State. The program, run by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, funds collection boxes for solid-state controlled and non-controlled substances. The dataset provides location details to help the public safely dispose of medications and keep them out of waterways.

Use Cases

• Map disposal site locations using Georeference and Address Line 1.
• Identify participating facilities by County and City for regional program analysis.
• Verify site availability to the public using the Available to Public? column.
• Cross-reference site details with municipal boundaries using Name and Zip Code.

Strengths

• Dataset is actively maintained, with a last updated date of 2026-04-04.
• Provides specific, actionable location data for public use.
• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov signals official importance.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing: row count, file size, license, and author are all unknown.
• Column list from the Socrata platform is detailed, but the Data.gov entry lists columns as 'unknown', indicating potential inconsistency.
• The future 'last updated' date (2026) suggests the metadata may not be reliably current.

Provenance

Source

State of New York, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Collection Method

Addresses of participating pharmacies, hospitals, and long-term care facilities participating in the Pilot Pharmaceutical Take-Back Program.

Freshness

2026-04-04 23:02:27.169567

Geography

New York State