[Pharmwaste] Bottles recycling and archive

Pickrel.Jan@epamail.epa.gov Pickrel.Jan@epamail.epa.gov
Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:53:02 -0400


The 1 page (adobe acrobat) "Used Plastic Pill Bottles" page link is
below "Used Clothing" and "Used Literature".



                                                                        
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Jim:

I went to the website but the Used Plastic Pill Bottles PDF document was
not found.

Elisabeth Wilson, HEM
Sr. environmental Safety Officer
MGH safety Department
16 Blossom St., WEH B019
Boston, MA 02114
617.724.4572
      -----Original Message-----
      From: pharmwaste-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us
      [mailto:pharmwaste-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us]On Behalf Of
      Mansfield, Jim
      Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:02 AM
      To: Charlotte A. Smith; Lucy Doroshko;
      pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us
      Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Bottles recycling and archive

      Here is a website for pill bottle donations for use in Africa and
      Asia.  Can't vouch for it 100%, but thought you could take a look
      at it.  Go to
      http://www.nazarenemissions.org/involvement/links/default.htm and
      scroll down to Used Plastic Pill Bottles
       link.

      Jim


      Jim Mansfield
      Waste Reduction Specialist
      Clark County Department of Public Works
      Environmental Services-Solid Waste
      PO Box 9810
      Vancouver, WA 98666-9810
      360.397.6118 EXT. 4016
      FAX 360-397-2062
      jim.mansfield@clark.wa.gov
      http://www.clark.wa.gov


            -----Original Message-----
            From: pharmwaste-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us
            [mailto:pharmwaste-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of
            Charlotte A. Smith
            Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 6:59 AM
            To: Lucy Doroshko; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us
            Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Bottles recycling and archive

            Hi Lucy,

            Lynn Rubenstein of the NE Recycling Council has been doing
            research on this question. She can be reached at
            lynn@nerc.org or (802) 254-3636. Questions of patient
            confidentiality must also be considered.

            Best regards,


            Charlotte A. Smith, R. Ph., M.S., HEM
            President
            PharmEcology Associates, LLC
            200 S. Executive Drive, Suite 101
            Brookfield, WI 53005
            Phone: 262-814-2635
            Fax: 414-479-9941
            csmith@pharmecology.com
                  -----Original Message-----
                  From: Lucy Doroshko [mailto:doroshkl@michigan.gov]
                  Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 7:29 AM
                  To: pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us
                  Subject: [Pharmwaste] Bottles recycling and archive

                  I have been a very interested reader of pharmwaste and
                  am happy that this list exists.  One question that I
                  think was posed and possibly answered was, "are there
                  recyclers of medicine bottles that exist in the U.S.?"
                  A similar question, below, came over another national
                  list and I looked for pharmwaste archives and did not
                  find them.  Do archives exist?  Answers to these
                  questions would be greatly appreciated.

                  Original Message:

                  "Hi everybody.  Here's a question from the Department
                  of Veterans
                  Affairs.  I looked in the JTR archives and the
                  Hospitals for a Healthy
                  Environment site but didn't find anything.  Thanks in
                  advance for any
                  leads!

                  Dana

                  Dana Arnold
                  Chief of Staff
                  Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
                  arnold.dana@ofee.gov
                  202-564-9319

                  Is there a market for recycling medicine containers
                  (e.g., pill
                  bottles)? If so, is there a list of companies that can
                  recycle these
                  items into useful new products?"



                  Lucy Doroshko, Recycling Specialist
                  Pollution Prevention and Technical Assistance Section
                  MDEQ Environmental Science and Services Division
                  525 W. Allegan, One North
                  PO Box 30457
                  Lansing, MI  48909-7957
                  517/373-1322
                  FAX:  517/241-0858
                  doroshkl@michigan.gov

                  Check the DEQ Recycling Website at
                  www.michigan.gov/deqrecycling