[Pharmwaste] San Antonio - Texas / MedDropSA results

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Mon Jun 7 18:33:29 EDT 2010


As a one time collection I wonder as I age if it is worth dusting off Karin North's numbers from her event a few years ago...that was multisite though...---- On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:15:42 -0700 Matthew C. Mireles <mirelesmc at earthlink.net> wrote ----   That actually may qualify each household as small waste generator...  : ) -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Hollar Sent: Jun 7, 2010 2:47 PM To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] San Antonio - Texas / MedDropSA results   Wow - That’s over 10 pounds of pharmaceutical waste per vehicle!  That seems high for a single consumer household.    Jeff Hollar President  PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.  (P) 515-276-5302 Ext. 316  (W) www.pwaste.com     From: Tenace, Laurie [mailto:Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 1:41 PMTo: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.usSubject: [Pharmwaste] San Antonio - Texas / MedDropSA results                The Department of Environmental Protection values your feedback as a customer. DEP Secretary Michael W. Sole is committed to continuously assessing and improving the level and quality of services provided to you. Please take a few minutes to comment on the quality of service you received. Simply click on this link to the DEP Customer Survey. Thank you in advance for completing the survey.  From: Ken Diehl [mailto:Ken.Diehl at saws.org] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 12:17 PMTo: 'pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us'Subject: FW: San Antonio - Texas / MedDropSA results    May I ask this List Group if any other Program of it’s kind has exceeded 1,336 lbs. for a one time collection of unused/unwanted medicines collected in the US?  Thanks.    Ken Diehl, Environmental Protection Specialist IV Resource Protection & Compliance Department San Antonio Water System P.O. Box 2449 San Antonio, Texas  78298 Work: (210) 233-3535 Fax:    (210) 233-4797 ken.diehl at saws.org     From: Ken Diehl Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 9:02 AMTo: 'Smith, Helen E.'; 'Georgia Zannaras'; 'judy at restorativehealth.com'; 'wiesner.dennis at heb.com'; 'Afamia El-Nakat'; 'pgoodwin at homeinstead.com'Cc: 'pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us'; Mike Gonzales; 'Jessica Huybregts'; Donovan Burton; William Peche; 'Winter, Andrew'; Dave Diehl; 'eljohnso at tceq.state.tx.us'; David Newman; 'Joseph Krupa'; 'Guzman, John A'; 'James Miertschin'; 'Joe Gildersleeve'; 'Danny Siebeneicher'; Ken Diehl; Erik Hobson; Kirk Nixon; Robert Martinez; Sarah GatewoodSubject: San Antonio - Texas / MedDropSA results        I wanted to share the results provided by the San Antonio Police Department/Narcotics Division of “MedDropSA” that was held this last Sat. (June 5th) in San Antonio Texas.  MedDropSA is the name for the City of San Antonio’s residential pharmaceutical drug disposal program. See Flyer attached.      The San Antonio Water System has partnering with the San Antonio Police Department and the City’s Solid Waste Management Division on a new initiative, MedDropSA.  This program is designed to collect unwanted or unused medications, both prescription and over-the-counter.  The event was scheduled in conjunction with the City’s Household Hazardous Waste collection day to collect old/unneeded pharmaceuticals, providing a safe, free alternative to disposal.      Weight:  ·        Pills - 1,007 lbs     ·        Liquids/powders/creams - 329 lbs             GRAND TOTAL: 1,336 lbs   Approximate number of vehicles participated:   ·       110   Boxes to be incinerated by Law enforcement at a permitted facility:  ·       Total of 36 boxes      Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.   Ken Diehl, Environmental Protection Specialist IV Resource Protection & Compliance Department San Antonio Water System P.O. Box 2449 San Antonio, Texas  78298 Work: (210) 233-3535 Fax:    (210) 233-4797 ken.diehl at saws.org     --- Note: As a courtesy to other listserv subscribers, please post messages to the listserv in plain text format to avoid the garbling of messages received by digest recipients. --- TO SUBSCRIBE, go to: http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste TO UNSUBSCRIBE, DO NOT REPLY TO THE LISTSERV. Please send an e-mail to pharmwaste-unsubscribe at lists.dep.state.fl.us -- the subject line and body of the e-mail should be blank. If you believe you may be subscribed with a different email address, please visit the subscriber listing at http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/roster/pharmwaste FOR PROBLEMS: Contact List Administrator Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us SEND MAIL to the list server at: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
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