Kingdom of Knuffel

Yeah, medicaments do expire.
And you are not supposed to throw them to the garbage can either, because they can be harmful to plants and animals, and pollute the water.
I don't know about other countries, but here you must return them to the pharmacy.

I have a quite complete first-aid kit, but it's mostly stuff such as bandaids, surgical tape, scissors, etc.
Not many medicines though.


@Moon Star:
Indeed you are right.
But we suck at going to talk with anyone

Oh the meds are way high up where my nieces can't get to them. They can reach the bandaids

My son can't reach anything.
I need an stool to reach it too.
Only one who can get it directly is my husband.

There's a super bitter substance you can buy to paint on things so that if a baby tries to pick it up and put it in their mouth they'll spit it out again and avoid it....
I don't remember what it's called.

But my sister got a bunch of that and painted all the lower cupboard door edges and handles with that, and her kids just never really went there until they were old enough to listen when you explained what was dangerous and what was okay to play with.

I should ask her how often she had to re-coat things at the beginning, and if it stained her cupboards...

Is it the same stuff some people put on nails so they don't bite them?

... maybe?
I don't really know, I've never used either of those products myself...

All my medical things are in the bathroom - but mine is right next to the kitchen anyway so it's still easy to get to.

It's important to not use expired products - my mum is a MENACE for hoarding things (because she bought like 8 of them on sale or something) but then they just sit un-used forever.

That's.... not uncommon....

We have about four times a year a day for the community to come drop off their old expired medications and pills and such-like; it's kind of interesting because they aren't all done by the same place, like you'd expect. That's probably better though, since people who might miss the announcement from one of them might hear about the other....

Proper disposal of hazardous waste is a real issue!

I don't know how often we've had public announcements about how you can't just blithely throw away old used batteries, but I still see people doing it all the time.
It drives me crazy, because those people are the first ones to complain about the consequences.
So careless about proper disposal, when it takes so little to just start up a can for your used batteries and drop them off once a year... but then you complain about special levies and tax measures when it comes time to clean up the water system which got contaminated because of your carelessness?
Don't be so careless then!!
We wouldn't have to do it if you just paid attention in the first place!
It's your own fault and you're making EVERYONE pay and now you want to complain?
Ugh.

Sorry.
Pet peeve. >.<

Agreed! I don't see it on a daily basis like you must; but I get so frustrated when my neighbours don't even use the standard recycling bin properly >_<

So careless about proper disposal, when it takes so little to just start up a can for your used batteries and drop them off once a year... but then you complain about special levies and tax measures when it comes time to clean up the water system which got contaminated because of your carelessness?

OMG THIS

I wish we had a system similar to Denmark (and I think Finland) where you get money for recycling bottles and such - although people here would probably just vandalise them immediately...

Agreed.
Some people are so selfish when it comes to their comfort that they don't even consider moving a finger. But then they complain that things are not done the way they want them, or that they are charged.

I think society is getting worse in that sense.
I mean, back in the day people would clean the road ahead their own houses, but now they won't - so we all pay more taxes to have cleaning services.
Which is ok, it's another way to do it, but it's definetely more expensive - and cleaning in front of your house is not that hard...

Same with everything.
Garbage disposal, recycling, etc.