“We throw away an incredible amount of unused medicines“: Community pharmacy staff perspectives on environmental responsibility

Swedish pharmacy staff view themselves as potential contributors to reducing pharmaceutical pollution, but struggle to identify concrete actions. They are concerned about pharmaceutical waste and responsibility is often shifted to other stakeholders.

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Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy
Published
2025-09-23
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2025.100662
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Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
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Abstract

Swedish pharmacy staff view themselves as potential contributors to reducing pharmaceutical pollution, but struggle to identify concrete actions. They are concerned about pharmaceutical waste and responsibility is often shifted to other stakeholders.

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Uppsala University (SE), Medical Products Agency (SE), Vilnius University (LT), University of Gothenburg (SE)
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