MARQUETTE, MI-- The Superior Watershed Partnership is also offering a pharmaceutical collection event this weekend.
The SWP is celebrating its 10th anniversary of hosting Earth Day events by partnering with the Earth Keeper Network to offer 18 collection sites across the U.P.
Officials will accept prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, narcotics, liquids, and medical waste like sharps and old mercury thermometers.
The SWP is also collecting liquid soaps containing plastic micro-beads, which collect in the Great Lakes and can be ingested by fish.
Collection sites are as follows:
Crystal Falls Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp
Escanaba First Presbyterian Church
Gladstone First Lutheran Church
Houghton Trinity Episcopal Church
Iron Mountain Salvation Army Bread of Life Assistance Center
Ironwood Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church
Ishpeming Trinity Lutheran Church
L’Anse United Methodist Church
Manistique First United Methodist Church
Marquette Grace United Methodist Church, Messiah Lutheran Church
Menominee First United Methodist Church
Munising Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish
Newberry Luce County Sheriff’s Office
Sault Ste. Marie First United Presbyterian Church
Stephenson Stephenson City Hall
St. Ignace St. Ignace United Methodist Church
White Pine White Pine Community Methodist Church
