TY - JOUR T1 - No recycling JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 49 LP - 49 DO - 10.1136/dtb.2012.05.0100 VL - 50 IS - 5 A2 - , Y1 - 2012/05/01 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/50/5/49.abstract N2 - The quantity of medicines that is ‘wasted’ remains an area of concern for all those involved in healthcare. An estimated £450m worth of prescription medicines are discarded every year in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.1–3 It is thought that a fifth of the population has one or more unused medicines in their possession, and that on average, 75 prescription items are returned to each community pharmacy every month.1 Nationally, around 1% of dispensed items are eventually returned to a pharmacy or dispensing GP practice … ER -