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

Heidi Sanborn hksanborn at comcast.net
Tue Jun 2 09:45:46 EDT 2015


All:

I agree with Margaret Sheild's post.

 

Also, even if they do pass along costs through the product price, the court
stated it was not a burden to industry when the program costs were
stipulated to be between $330,000 - 1.2 million in Alameda County per year
when the industry sold over $950 million (close to a BILLION) dollars of
drugs in Alameda per year.  We are not asking them to take back giant TVs or
mattresses - just little pills that go straight to destruction.

 

Arthur Sharstis who defended Alameda noted in the press the cost would be 1
cent for every $10 of drugs sold.  CPSC's numbers are 1 cent for every $100
sold.  

 

Whatever costs you assume for the program, they can pass along the cost of
this program but don't have to pass the cost on -  it's a choice if they do.
I've heard of seniors going to Mexico and Canada to get much more affordably
priced medicines and in both countries (only some provinces of Canada) they
have the EPR program so it seems to be a stretch to say in the US the cost
of the pill collection program would increase prices enough to even be
noticeable.


Heidi

 

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From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
<mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Jeff Hollar
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 10:01 AM
To: 'Gilliam, Allen'; 'Barry Fernandez'; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
<mailto:pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us> 
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Senators encourage reinstatement of DEA Take-Back
Events

 

Good point Barry.  Some have argued that big and little Pharma will simply
pass on their cost of this program to the rest of us in higher prices.  I
wonder if that will happen?

 

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: Gilliam, Allen [mailto:GILLIAM at adeq.state.ar.us] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 11:43 AM
To: Barry Fernandez; Jeff Hollar; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
<mailto:pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us> 
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Senators encourage reinstatement of DEA Take-Back
Events

 

I certainly hope your prediction is true Barry.  On the surface, it may seem
the picture may be this rosy, but time will tell who steps up to the plate
against the big Pharma.and our national pharmacy chains/local pharmacies
joining in on the national scale.

 

Allen g

 

From: Barry Fernandez [mailto:barry at clean-fuels.net] 
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 11:29 AM
To: Gilliam, Allen; Jeff Hollar; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
<mailto:pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us> 
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Senators encourage reinstatement of DEA Take-Back
Events

 

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 <mailto: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
<mailto: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>
[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
<mailto: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-n
ational-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 <http://www.pwaste.com/> 

 

 

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