08/25/2026
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๐ซDoes anyone else remember their medicine cabinet containing glass bottles? Everyone seemed to have that one bottle of Aspirin, at least! ๐ก๏ธOr what about the mercury thermometer your mom warned you NOT to bite?
Let's take a look at some of the glass "artifacts" from our collection. Recognize anything?
Until the 1970s, glass was the go-to material for pharmacy and medicine. Think about how many medicine bottles and prescription vials you've used (and hopefully recycled!) in your lifetime and imagine them all made of glass. Sometimes those bottles were returned to the pharmacy, cleaned (but not always sterilized) and reused, but more often than not, small glass bottles were just tossed into the household trash pit or down the privy!
Richards Glass Co. of Toronto was established in 1912 and supplied pharmacies with โeverything the druggist needs in glass.โ The company now operates under the name Richards Packaging, and they still offer many of the same supplies to Canadian pharmacies, although these days there is far less glass.
๐ง Did you know you can bring us your unused or expired prescription and over-the-counter medications in tubes, plastic, paper or glass (no sharps please)! We dispose of the medication safely and recycle the containers separately from municipal recycling to protect your privacy.
