[Pharmwaste] Selenium Sulfide in shampoo: SOLE active ingredient?

Tue Jul 31 11:02:04 EDT 2012

To summarize: Most Selsun Blue is RCRA hazardous when discarded (non-consumer) as most formulations contain Selenium Sulfide (U-205) as the sole active ingredient.   However, other formulations exist (e.g., Pyrithione Zinc,, Salicylic Acid).  These other formulations are not RCRA hazardous.  In our waste characterizations, we drill it down past the product name.

Jeff Hollar

President

PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.

4164 NW Urbandale Dr., Ste A

Urbandale, IA 50322

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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 Bunnell, Ross
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 9:04 AM
To: 'pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us'
Subject: FW: [Pharmwaste] Selenium Sulfide in shampoo: SOLE active ingredient?

Bill:

Selsun Blue may not be a U205, but wouldn’t it still fail TCLP for selenium, making it a D010 waste when discarded?  EPA has said in the past that the category of “commercial chemical products” includes characteristically-hazardous commercial chemical products despite the reference in 40 CFR 261.2, Table 1, that appears to limit this secondary material category to materials that are listed in Section 261.33.  See, for example, the following RCRA On-Line document:

http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d090071175f/31470587B8ACB2E28525670F006C28DA/$file/14012.pdf

--Ross Bunnell

Sanitary Engineer 3

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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 William Yeman
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 8:14 AM
To: 'Stevan Gressitt'; Jeff Hollar
Cc: adele.audet at state.ma.us; jmullowney at pharma-cycle.com; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Selenium Sulfide in shampoo: SOLE active ingredient?

Jeff, 

Thanks for the heads-up on Pynithione Zinc being an active ingredient in some shampoos rather than selenium sulfide.

But because there are other active ingredients present (e.g., soaps/detergents), I don't believe it's correct (at least in USEPA's RCRA-C program) to identify selenium sulfide or pynithione zinc as the SOLE active ingredient in those shampoos. (Otherwise the ones formulated with selenium sulfide would need to be classified as U205 when discarded unused.)

William Yeman, PE

NYSDEC

Albany NY

wxyeman at gw.dec.state.ny.us

>>> "Jeff Hollar" <jhollar at pwaste.com> 7/27/2012 5:36 PM >>>

In some instances, we found Pyrithione Zinc as the sole active ingredient in “Selsun Blue” and “Selsun Salon” shampoos.  It is important not to make the waste characterization based solely on the product name.  Take in consideration what form the drug comes in and any changes in formulation.

Jeff Hollar

President

PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.

4164 NW Urbandale Dr., Ste A

Urbandale, IA 50322

515-276-5302 (general)

515-331-7310 (direct)

515-360-9785 (cell)

www.pwaste.com <http://www.pwaste.com/> 

From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Stevan Gressitt
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 11:26 AM
To: Jeff Hollar
Cc: adele.audet at state.ma.us; jmullowney at pharma-cycle.com; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: Re: [Pharmwaste] RE: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 81, Issue 10

Was that a variant Selsun Gold?

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Jeff Hollar <jhollar at pwaste.com> wrote:

FYI – during our waste characterization of Selsun Blue we noticed some formulations contain Pyrithione Zinc as the active ingredient instead of Selenium Sulfide.  The formulations containing  Pyrithione Zinc as the active ingredient are not RCRA hazardous.  Don’t assume all Selsun Blue is RCRA hazardous when being discarded (non-consumer).

Jeff Hollar

President

PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.

4164 NW Urbandale Dr., Ste A

Urbandale, IA 50322

515-276-5302 (general)

515-331-7310 (direct)

515-360-9785 (cell)

www.pwaste.com <http://www.pwaste.com/> 

From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of jmullowney at pharma-cycle.com
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 3:22 PM
To: adele.audet at state.ma.us; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: Re: [Pharmwaste] RE: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 81, Issue 10

to add to the confusion selenium is one of the EPA rcra 8 metals and it is not a metal. what is the other rcra metal that is not a metal

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-------- Original message -------- Subject: [Pharmwaste] RE: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 81, Issue 10 From: "Audet, Adele (DPH)" To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us CC: 

Fred, 
Recently I had a discussion with folks at DOE.  Selenium is "hazardous waste" so I asked what was the scoop on Selsun Blue etc.  It is fine for an individual to have bottles of it but if a community event collects them then it is hazardous.  There is a lot that is confusing.

Adele D. Audet, R. Ph.
Assistant Director, Drug Control Program
MA DPH
305 South Street
Jamaica Plain MA 02130

Phone 617-983-6712
FAX  617-524-8062

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