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The Cook County Sheriff’s Prescription Drug Take Back Program partners with government, community organizations, health organizations and other not-for profit groups to hold community prescription drug take back events throughout the year.

We ordinarily schedule events throughout the week 8:00 am to 12:00 p.m. We will provide a sworn officer and a secure collection box for the event.

We can help craft promotional material for an event.

Let us help publicize the event through our web page and through our Partners network.

Once you fill out the event form linked to the button above, it will automatically transmit your request to the Sheriff’s Prescription Drug Take Back Program. Our staff will contact you at the email address that you provided in your submitted Event Form. Thank you.

Upcoming events are shown in the table below:

Day Date Time Location City / Village Sponsor Type
Saturday 2/15/2025 9am-12pm Reduce Waste Chicago          5200 N Ashland Chicago, IL Pop Up Collection Prescription Drugs/Electronics
Friday 2/28/2025 12pm-2pm Lakeview YMCA 3333 N Marshfield Chicago, IL Commissioner Degnen         (Cook County 12th District) Informative (no collections)
Saturday 3/22/2025 9am -12pm Dearborn Park                           932 S. Dearborn St. Chicago, IL 4th Ward City of Chicago Alderman Lamont Robinson Prescription Drugs/Electronics
Saturday 3/29/2025 9am -12pm NEIU EL Centro Campus 3300 N Avondale Chicago, IL Illinois State Rep. Andrade Prescription Drugs/Electronics
Saturday 4/5/2025 9am-12pm Miller Meadows                          1st. Av, South of Roosevelt Rd Forest Park, IL 3rd Annual Trash Bash Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Saturday 4/12/2025 9am-12pm “Go Parking Lot” 1258 N. State Parkway Chicago, IL Alderman Brian Hopkins            (City of Chicago 2nd Ward) Prescription Drugs/Electronics
Saturday 4/12/2025 9am-12pm Palatine Township 721 S Quentin Rd Palatine, IL Palatine Township Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Saturday 4/19/2025 9am-12pm Bremen Township 15350 Oak Park Av. Oak Forest, IL Bremen Township “E Waste” Prescription Drugs/Electronics
Saturday 4/19/2025 11am-2pm Forestry Lot                          5333 N Western Chicago, IL 40th Ward City of Chicago Alderman Andre Vasquez Prescription Drugs/Electronics
Saturday 4/26/2025 9am-12pm 25930 Cottage Grove Crete, IL Barb Doorman Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Saturday 4/26/2025 9am-12pm Dan Ryans Woods –              87th St. & Western Chicago, IL Cook County Forest Preserve Trash Bash Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Wednesday 5/7/2025 9am-12pm 3rd Ward Office 5046 S. State St. Chicago, IL Alderman Pat Dowell   (City of Chicago 3rd Ward) Resource Fair Prescription Drugs/Electronics
Thursday 5/15/2025 10am-2pm Pullman Community Center   10355 S Woodlawn Chicago, IL “Summer Clean Out Fair” Alderman Anthony Beale     (9th Ward City of Chicago) Prescription Drugs/Electronics
Saturday 5/31/2025 9am-11am 5515 N River Road Rosemont, IL Bradley Stephens Prescription Drugs/Electronics
Saturday 5/31/2025 9am-11am 80 N Orchard Park Forest, IL Barb Doorman Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Saturday 5/31/2025 10a-2pm Leyden Township                  2501 Manheim Road Franklin Park, IL Leyden Township Prescription Drugs Only
Saturday 6/14/2025 9am-11am Crosswinds Church 10835 S Pulaski Rd Chicago, IL Alderman Matt O’Shea  (City of Chicago 19th Ward)  Shred/Script Event Prescription Drugs
Saturday 6/28/2025 9am-11am 3231 Chicago Road Steger, IL Barb Doorman Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Saturday 7/19/2025 9am -12pm NEIU EL Centro Campus      3300 N Avondale Chicago, IL Illinois State Rep. Andrade Prescription Drugs/Electronics
Saturday 7/26/2025 9am-11am 3140 Enterprise Park Av South Chicago Heights, IL Barb Doorman Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Saturday 8/16/2025 9am-12pm Insight Hospital  (parking lot)       2525 S. Prairie Av Chicago, IL Alderman Lamont J. Robinson (4th Ward City of Chicago) Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Saturday 8/23/2025 9am-11am 80 N Orchard Park Forest, IL Barb Doorman Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Saturday 9/6/2025 9am-11am 5515 N River Road Rosemont, IL Bradley Stephens Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Saturday 9/6/2025 9am-11am Crosswinds Church 10835 S Pulaski Rd Chicago, IL Alderman Matt O’Shea  (City of Chicago 19th Ward)  Shred/Script Event Prescription Drugs
Saturday 9/13/2025 9am-12pm Palatine Township     721 S Quentin Rd Palatine, IL Palatine Township Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Saturday 9/20/2025 9am-12pm Olympia Fields Park District 20712 Western Ave Olympia Fields, IL Olympia Fields, IL Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Saturday 9/27/2025 9am-11am Village of Richton Park       4455 Sauk Trail Richton Park, IL Barb Doorman Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper
Saturday 9/27/2025 9am -12pm Albany Bank 3400 W Lawrence Chicago, IL Illinois State Rep. Andrade Prescription Drugs/Electronics
Saturday 9/27/2025 9am-12pm Bunken Hill – West Harts, Road, Southwest of Touhy Ave Nile, IL Cook County Forest Preserve Trash Bash Prescription Drugs/Electronics
Saturday 10/25/2025 9am-11am 80 N Orchard Park Forest, IL Barb Doorman Prescription Drugs/Electronics/Paper