[Pharmwaste] Alameda County Product Stewardship Ordinance Needs Your Support

Evin Guy evin at teleosis.org
Thu Feb 16 23:34:07 EST 2012


*Dear Friends,

I’m writing to you to ask for your support for the proposed Alameda County
Safe Drug Disposal Ordinance. This ordinance will hold producers
responsible for creating a program to dispose of unwanted and expired drugs
that is convenient, free, and available county-wide. The safe and proper
disposal of unneeded medications will reduce the incidents of illnesses and
deaths caused by accidental poisonings, decrease access and availability of
drugs to youth, and ensure that excess drugs don’t end up in our landfills
and ground water.

Safe disposal of pharmaceuticals is a shared societal burden, the costs of
which should not fall on local government which does not profit from the
sale of pharmaceuticals. Like other products such as auto batteries, paint
and carpets whose manufacturers have taken responsibility for end of life
and residual product management, we believe pharmaceutical manufacturers
should be responsible for designing and funding programs for the disposal
of their unused products. You can download the Ordinance at:
http://castrovalley.patch.com/articles/final-draft-of-county-wide-drug-dispo
sal-ordinance

Please join us in supporting the Safe Drug Disposal Ordinance by sending in
a letter to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors (sample letter
attached). The Ordinance will go before the Board on February 28, 2012 (please
send in your letter before then). If you would like to come to the Board
meeting to show your support it will be on:
 *
*Feb 28, 2012 at 10:30am
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors
1221 Oak Street, Suite 536
Oakland, California 94612*

Thank you,
Evin


Evin Guy
Program Manager, Teleosis Institute
www.teleosis.org | evin at teleosis.org | 510-558-7285 x104
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