[Pharmwaste] Product Stewardship bill link to Pharma safe disposal campaign?

Lucy, Burke at CalRecycle Burke.Lucy at CalRecycle.ca.gov
Thu Jun 12 16:16:11 EDT 2014


A pharm waste product stewardship bill (SB 1014) was introduced in California (Feb. 13) but didn't make it out of committee(s) and had the stewardship elements removed and replaced with language<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1014_bill_20140610_amended_asm_v95.pdf> that our agency would create regulations out of our voluntary model guidelines<http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/HomeHazWaste/Medications/ModelProgram/Criteria.pdf> (which sunset Jan. 1, 2013).  The bill will be heard in the Environmental and Toxics Safety Committee (ESTM) committee next Tuesday at 1:30<http://www.calchannel.com/live-webcast/> and again in the Business and Professions Committee Tuesday the 24th.
Has any other state enacted regulations surrounding home-generated pharmaceutical waste?  For instance, anything determining how it is handled - more like medical waste vs. a type of universal waste for instance?
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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 Ed Gottlieb
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 8:56 AM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Product Stewardship bill link to Pharma safe disposal campaign?

I forgot to mention that a pharm waste product stewardship bill was introduced (Jan 8) for the second year in a row to the NYS Senate.  http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S642-2013

I suspect the timing of this campaign is not a coincidence.  If phara really cared about safe disposal why is their campaign only in NY?

Is your state considering a pharm waste product stewardship bill?  Has pharma launched a safe disposal campaign in your state?  Let's see if there is a correlation!

Ed

>>> "Ed Gottlieb" <egottlieb at cityofithaca.org<mailto:egottlieb at cityofithaca.org>> 6/11/2014 2:55 PM >>>
Pharma has launched a safe disposal campaign in NY.
The video they produced emphasizes home disposal.
Their website FAQ properly suggests home disposal as the last choice if take-back programs are not available.
Found no mention of the upcoming DEA rules.
I haven't checked out the social media component of the campaign.

http://myoldmeds.com/

http://www.saratogian.com/government-and-politics/20140611/legislators-endorse-pharma-campaign-for-proper-disposal-of-prescription-drugs-video

Ed Gottlieb
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal
Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility
525 3rd Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 273-8381
fax: (607) 273-8433
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