[Pharmwaste] Recycling Prescription Bottles

[BOGGS, STEVEN]

Rexam, a manufacturer of pill bottles, last spring was grinding pill bottles at a pharmacy during a weekend meds collection as an experiment to gauge the public's response. The issue was the volume of recycled product needed to cover transportation back to the recycle facility.  As a secondary issue, plastic Rx vials cannot be used (unless washed) due to contamination issues from "pill powder dust".

 Steven Boggs
Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management
Office of Pollution Prevention & Technical Assistance
100 N. Senate Ave, MC 64-01
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2251
(317) 233-6660 or 800-988-7901
FAX (317) 234-6573
Email: sboggs at idem.in.gov
Internet: www.recycle.in.gov

-----Original Message-----
From: Kate Hagemann [mailto:kate at productstewardship.us] 
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 3:36 PM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Recycling Prescription Bottles

Does anyone have any information about the feasibility of recycling prescription bottles? Is there any company or facility that accepts them? 

Thanks, 
Kate

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