From August 13th to 19th GPHL’s subsidiary Baiyunshan launched a family expired drug take-back program in Guangzhou. Guangzhou residents were welcome to bring their expired prescription drugs to take-back locations, such as Caizhilin Pharmacy and Jianmin Pharmacy. They could exchange the expired drugs for drug coupons just by entering a phone number on a 5G expired drug collector and taking a photo of those drugs.

In addition, GPHL launched a contest for expired drug take back on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, which has been viewed over 100 million times.

“GPHL will pay more attention to carbon neutrality. We hope to reduce environmental pollution by encouraging Chinese families to return expired drugs and make their own contributions to help China achieve carbon neutrality by 2060,” GPHL chairman Li Chuyuan said. Li Chuyuan served as a pharmacy assistant at Jianmin Pharmacy on Beijing Road, enhancing awareness of safer drug use and environmental protection.

Li Chuyuan explains how to use the 5G expired drug collector.

This program began in 2004. After 18 years’ effort, GPHL has expanded the take-back network beyond cities to cover rural areas, collected drugs both at upgraded brick-and-mortar locations and via online platforms and mobile devices. The program has reached more than 200 cities in China, with over 600 million participants and more than 1,500 tons of expired drugs collected. In 2014 GPHL was awarded the Guinness World Record for the largest family expired medication collection program in the world.

Authors: Monica & Michelle

Editors: Olivia & Jerry