Pharmaceutical Waste

Written by AlisonFreemantle on Friday 13th February 2026

Reminder of contact details

Anenta Ltd have been appointed to undertake all management of pharmaceutical waste on behalf of all community pharmacies in the South East Region.

Here are some important contact details for you to share with colleagues -

For urgent collections or additional containers please contact Anenta:

For more about Anenta Ltd please visit their website www.anenta.com

Controlled Drugs

If you have controlled drugs for destruction (patient returns and out of date stock) please contact https://www.cdreporting.co.uk/nhs/account/signin

Who will grant temporary authorised witness to witness the destruction of controlled drugs in the pharmacy.

Patient Returned Sharps

On the mainland the Councils provide kerbside collection from an individual patient’s home. Patients can arrange a collection by contacting their council.

On the Isle of Wight, a number of Community Pharmacies are commissioned by the council to take back patient returned sharps and provide a replacement sharps bin. For more information on which pharmacies, to sign up or to arrange an additional collection from pharmacy contact emily.tapsfield@iow.gov.uk