[Pharmwaste] National Pharmaceutical Take-Back Day on November 13??

[gressitt]

It has been interesting to see date selection varying. Some years ago the Governor of Maine set aside Oct 31 as Safe Drug Disposal in the State of Maine and has annually so issued a proclamation since then. Not sure if we really have made any effort to submit that as a national day, but I'll add it.  Stevan Gressitt, M.D. 207-441-0291 gressitt at gmail.com   ---- On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:59:47 -0400 Mary Rice <Mary.Rice at putnamcountyny.gov> wrote ----  Putnam County NY is planning to hold a collection event on that day. We held our fist one last month, and it was very well received. Putnam is part of a seven county region in the lower Hudson Valley, and I have passed along the information to our regional solid waste council members in the hope that at least some of the other six counties might choose that day for an event. I think the more localities that participate, the greater the awareness will be. Mary Rice Putnam County Solid Waste Management 1 Geneva Road, Brewster, NY 10509 (845) 278-6130 ext. 43164 Mary.rice at putnamcountyny.gov -----Original Message----- From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Bowling, Patrick Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:46 AM To: 'pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us' Subject: [Pharmwaste] National Pharmaceutical Take-Back Day on November 13?? I am involved with a collaborative effort to plan and conduct a single-day, coordinated drug take-back event at a location within each state in the Potomac River Basin. We noticed an earlier posting about November 13 being a National Pharmaceutical Take-Back Day. Upon researching the issue, Operation Medicine Cabinet in New Jersey (www.operationmedicinecabinetnj.org) is spearheading this and while is being touted as a "National" event (www.americanmedicinechest.org), it seems to be focused on New Jersey. We are aware of a locality here in PA that is interested and have heard that at least one place in Florida may be participating. We are curious if any other states/localities are participating in this event and if it is truly a national effort. Any insight/info would be appreciated. Thanks, Pat G. Patrick Bowling, P.G. | Source Water Protection Coordinator PA Department of Environmental Protection Rachel Carson State Office Building 400 Market Street | P.O. Box 8555 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8555 Phone: 717.772.3600 | Fax: 717.787.9549 Email: gbowling at state.pa.us | www.depweb.state.pa.us --- 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 --- 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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