A day to check medicine expiry dates at home and set old medicine aside

In flats and rented rooms many drawers hold expired medicine. In an emergency someone may take it in a rush, and children can reach it. Once a month a few neighbours sit together with their medicine boxes and read the expiry dates side by side. Anything expired, or unrecognisable, goes into a separate box; ask a pharmacist or health worker how to dispose of it safely. Never throw it in an open drain or leave it within children's reach. You need a table, a few empty boxes, a pen and a notebook, and one person to coordinate.