[Pharmwaste] RE: Covanta Offers Free, Safe Destruction of Residents' Unwanted Drugs - PressRelease - 3/25/10

Sue Dayton sdayton at swcp.com
Fri Mar 26 14:24:34 EDT 2010


To be honest with you, I am not sure, Barry. I also work on spreading of
sewage sludge (free fertilizer!) on farmland here in NC, and I know too well
about sludge runoff to surface waters as well as effluent discharges that
carry, in addition to pharmaceuticals, everything under the sun that is not
regulated, tested for or removed in any way. 

 

 

Sue Dayton

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League

North Carolina Healthy Communities Program

PO BOX 44

Saxapahaw, NC 27340

(336) 525-2003

sdayton at swcp.com

 

 

 

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
-  Martin Luther King Jr.

 

 

 

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From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Barry
Fernandez
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 2:18 PM
To: Sue Dayton; Pete Pasterz; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Cc: Bell, Derrick; Mike Ewall; Emily Foeller; wasteq1 at aol.com; Mike Schade
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] RE: Covanta Offers Free,Safe Destruction of
Residents' Unwanted Drugs - PressRelease - 3/25/10

 



Sue,

 

To answer you question with a question:  What's the alternative?

 

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From: Sue Dayton [mailto:sdayton at swcp.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 1:00 PM
To: 'Pete Pasterz'; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Cc: 'Bell, Derrick'; 'Mike Ewall'; 'Emily Foeller'; wasteq1 at aol.com; 'Mike
Schade'
Subject: [Pharmwaste] RE: Covanta Offers Free,Safe Destruction of Residents'
Unwanted Drugs - PressRelease - 3/25/10

Is this really "safe" destruction of pharms? Thoughts, anyone?

 

Sue Dayton

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League

North Carolina Healthy Communities Program

PO BOX 44

Saxapahaw, NC 27340

(336) 525-2003

sdayton at swcp.com

 

 

 

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
-  Martin Luther King Jr.

 

 

 

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From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Pete Pasterz
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 11:49 AM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Cc: Bell, Derrick; Emily Foeller; wasteq1 at aol.com
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Covanta Offers Free, Safe Destruction of Residents'
Unwanted Drugs - Press Release - 3/25/10

 

 

Covanta Offers Free, Safe Destruction of Residents' Unwanted Drugs

 

Program Aims to Protect Nation's Waterways from Pharmaceutical Contamination

 

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/covanta-offers-free-safe-destruction
-of-residents-unwanted-drugs-89144047.html

 

FAIRFIELD, N.J., March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- To reduce pharmaceutical
pollutants being discharged into the nation's waterways, Covanta Energy is
launching an important collaboration with municipalities.  As more and more
communities establish collection centers for unwanted medications, Covanta
will offer, for 2010, a free disposal and destruction service designed to
keep these products out of the nation's waterways. 

 

Covanta Energy, a world leader in the development, ownership and operation
of Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facilities and other renewable energy projects,
is rolling out a national program to process pharmaceuticals collected by
local governments in drug take-back programs. These programs provide
residents with a safe and proper way to dispose of unwanted medications,
including prescription drugs, over-the-counter and veterinary medications
and nutritional supplements. When flushed down the drain, or disposed of in
landfills, such products contaminate surface waters and have an adverse
effect on the environment.

 

"Studies have shown that pharmaceuticals are present in our nation's streams
and rivers. We want to help prevent the discharge of these drugs into the
waters that we drink, the waters where we fish and the waters where we
swim," said John G. Waffenschmidt, Vice President, Environmental Science and
Community Affairs. "Our facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art
combustion controls and air pollution control equipment to ensure the
destruction of these drugs in an environmentally sound manner, one that
protects the water we depend upon day in and day out. Our facilities ensure
that any pharmaceuticals processed in them do not end up in surface waters."


 

Covanta is a Sustaining Partner of the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI),
a non-profit group which has been spearheading national efforts to define
steps for appropriately handling unwanted drugs. Covanta has worked with
PSI, various regulatory agencies, and with municipalities to reduce the
potential for contamination of waterways by discharged pharmaceuticals. 

 

"Drugs that are disposed of down sinks and toilets, or simply thrown in the
trash, can cause environmental harm," said Scott Cassel, Executive Director
of the Product Stewardship Institute. "Take-back programs can lower the
environmental and health risks associated with waste pharmaceuticals.
Covanta's offer will reduce the cost of take-back programs in municipalities
that choose this kind of destruction. Thermal destruction at
Energy-from-Waste facilities, hazardous waste incinerators, or medical waste
incinerators, provides for the ultimate destruction of these unwanted
drugs."

 

Municipalities interested in participating in the program must obtain
appropriate regulatory approvals in order to ensure that such wastes are not
classified as hazardous waste from a federal, state, or local perspective.
Each program would be subject to a due diligence review by Covanta Energy.
Municipalities interested in participating should contact Larry
DellaVecchia, Director, Covanta Secure Services at 973-882-7310.  

 

About PSI

The Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) is a national environmental
institute with membership from 45 states, over 125 local governments, and
more than 50 businesses, environmental groups, and organizations that
establish cooperative agreements to reduce the health and environmental
impacts from consumer products. PSI promotes producer responsibility in the
context of shared responsibility for the lifecycle management of consumer
products. For more information, visit www.productstewardship.us.

 

About Covanta

Covanta Energy is an internationally recognized owner and operator of
large-scale Energy-from-Waste and renewable energy projects and a recipient
of the Energy Innovator Award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.  Covanta's 45 Energy-from-Waste
facilities provide communities with an environmentally sound solution to
their solid waste disposal needs by using that municipal solid waste to
generate clean, renewable energy. Annually, Covanta's modern
Energy-from-Waste facilities safely and securely convert approximately 20
million tons of waste into more than 9 million megawatt hours of clean,
renewable electricity and create more than 10 billion pounds of steam sold
to a variety of industries. For more information, visit
www.covantaholding.com.

 

 

 

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