[Pharmwaste] Senators encourage reinstatement of DEA Take-Back Events

[Mark_Williams at deq.state.ms.us]

I have to respectfully disagree with this assertion.  I seriously doubt you
will see any legislation in our state requiring pharmaceutical companies to
develop take back programs and I do not think you will see uniform or
widespread adoption of such policies in rural cities and counties of the
country.  The DEA collection program was a voluntary program soliciting the
participation of local law enforcement agencies, so those communities that
have their own take back policies and requirements do not have to
participate.  Even if a number of communities do adopt take back
requirements, I believe that we need additional DEA take back events until
collection programs and efforts can fully develop across the country.  I
believe it was somewhat short-sighted to cut these collection efforts off
so quickly after the changes to the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) were
adopted.  Collection programs are going to take time to develop and the DEA
collection efforts really should be tapered off as these programs developed
and matured.  The Alameda County case will have little effect in the near
term on pharmaceutical disposal in our state.

Just my two cents! thanks.

Mark Williams, P.E., BCEE, Administrator
Solid Waste and Recycling Programs
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 2261
Jackson, MS 39225
Phone: 601-961-5304
Fax:      601-961-5785




From:	Barry Fernandez <barry at clean-fuels.net>
To:	"Gilliam, Allen" <GILLIAM at adeq.state.ar.us>, Jeff Hollar
            <jhollar at pwaste.com>, "pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us"
            <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>,
Date:	06/01/2015 11:29 AM
Subject:	RE: [Pharmwaste] Senators encourage reinstatement of DEA
            Take-Back	Events
Sent by:	pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us



With the Supreme Court not hearing the Alameda County, CA case, the DEA
doesn’t need to do take backs anymore.  The door just flew open for every
municipality in the country, including over 300 counties and thousands of
cities, towns and rural communities to have fully funded pharmaceutical
disposal programs paid for by private industry.

The repercussions of this are going to be huge.

Barry Fernandez, President
Clean Fuels of Florida, Inc.
barry at clean-fuels.net
Office (954) 791-9588 Fax (954) 791-9366
2635 NE 4th Avenue | Pompano Beach, Florida 33064


From: Gilliam, Allen [mailto:GILLIAM at adeq.state.ar.us]
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 8:58 AM
To: Jeff Hollar; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Senators encourage reinstatement of DEA Take-Back
Events

Very good point Jeff,

The domino effect will begin I’m afraid.  Coming from 25+ yrs in
Pretreatment and watching the Feds (EPA) continual disinvestment in the
National Pretreatment Program over the last 15+ yrs, it’s already hit hard
here at the state level and now being felt at the City level: “If the Feds
see no importance in the program, why should we?” seems to be the wounded
wolf’s final cry.

A lot of people don’t want “big government” (like myself to an extent), but
without its presence in some worthwhile nat’l programs, those programs are
doomed to wither on the vine.

Allen Gilliam
ADEQ State Pretreatment Coordinator
501.682.0625

From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [
mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Jeff Hollar
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 7:18 AM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Senators encourage reinstatement of DEA Take-Back
Events

Full Story:
http://www.capito.senate.gov/content/capito-and-manchin-call-reinstatement-national-drug-take-back-days

Wouldn’t more consumer drugs be disposed if they  reinstated the program?
Isn’t that a good thing?


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

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