[Pharmwaste] Scott Cassel's question

[Bickford, Barbara J - DNR (Barb)]

Scott Cassel asked:  Can any government officials on this list verify that their agencies approve of these pouches being landfilled?

The answer depends on who is managing the waste:  a household, a collection program or a non-household.


*         If a household disposed of the drug-in-a-pouch at home, it could be landfilled under current regulations. Although this is not the best option environmentally, Wisconsin allows landfilling as a last resort.

*         If the drug-in-a-pouch ends up at a household medication collection, Wisconsin policy is that collected pharmaceutical waste must be destroyed by incineration. Other states might have different policies.

*         If a non-household, waste management regulations would apply.  Under EPA's RCRA Subtitle C regulations (or state regulations based on them), a non-household would have to evaluate whether or not the "mixture" of drug + pouch materials is a hazardous waste and manage it accordingly.  If it were a hazardous waste, it could not be put in a landfill due to the Subtitle C ban on landfilling hazardous waste. Wisconsin recommends that all non-household pharmaceutical waste be incinerated, whether hazardous or not.


--Barb
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