[Pharmwaste] guidance document

Jeff Hollar jhollar at pwaste.com
Tue Mar 17 09:37:28 EDT 2015


Deborah,

 

We provide such guidance.  Please contact me at your convenience to discuss
options.

 

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 Hauser,
Deborah
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 8:22 AM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] guidance document

 

Good morning,

 

Do any of you have guidance for businesses to assist them in
handling/disposing their pharmaceuticals?  I've had this come up a number of
times over the years, but I typically focus on residential.  In Ohio,
residential pharms are considered household hazardous waste and therefore
they can simply throw them in the trash, drop them off at a local law
enforcement collection box, or take them to a pharmacy (due to the DEA rule
change).  Businesses need to evaluate their waste to determine if it's
hazardous and this is something I've never worked on before.  My
understanding is that businesses hire someone to assist with this and to
assist with disposal, but I don't actually have any experience with that.

 

We have this document on our website:
http://www.epa.ohio.gov/portals/32/pdf/PharmBusinessNov2010rF.pdf

This is the only guidance we provide for businesses like hospitals, vet
clinics, doctor offices, etc.  In Ohio, we have an office that assists small
businesses and they are interested in creating a guidance document for those
types of entities.

 

Most of us have worked to varying extents with programs for residents to
properly dispose of pharmaceuticals, but I'm wondering if we can go a step
further and develop guidance for how businesses (with the focus on small
businesses) actually dispose of their pharmaceuticals.

 

I'm hoping some of you have already done this in your state and I might
avoid re-creating the wheel.  And let me know if you have had any experience
with companies that provide pharmaceutical disposal assistance to
businesses.  The only one I'm aware of is PharmEcology (Charlotte Smith).

 

Thanks,
Deb

 

 

 

 

Deborah Hauser

Environmental Specialist

Division of Materials and Waste Management

614.728.5353

Please note that my name has changed (previously Hoffman).  Please update
your address book.

 

 

 

 

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