The 10th National Take Back Day drug collection event has been scheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 12.

Lehigh County residents can take expired and unused prescription and over-the-counter medications to police departments and other locations in the county.

Residents can dispose of capsules, pills, including pet medications and liquids.

Syringes or Sharps will not be accepted.

Residents who dispose of medications will remain anonymous and no questions will be asked.

The event is being coordinated by the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, area police departments, the Allentown Health Bureau and the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration.

Medications will be collected at the following locations: South Whitehall Township Police Department, 4444 Walbert Ave., main entrance to the police department is at the back of the municipal building on the lower level.

Computer users can visit deadiversion.usdoj.gov and click on “Got Drugs” on the left to find convenient locations.

Users can click on “search for a collection site near you” and then enter their zip code.

If residents cannot dispose of medications during Take Back Day, they can go to the police departments and Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township, that have permanent medication collection boxes.

Police departments with year-round collection boxes are: Slatington, 125 S. Walnut St.; South Whitehall, 4444 Walbert Ave.; and Upper Macungie Township, 37 Grim Road.

To check the hours and days of operation at those sites, call the police departments or go to lehighcounty.org and the District Attorney’s Office pages.

Click on the link on the left called, “Permanent Medication Collection Box List of Sites.”

DEA personnel will take the drugs to an incinerator where they are burned.