[Pharmwaste] Editoral & response: New York take-back efforts

[Ed Gottlieb]

An editorial was published, in a regional newspaper chain, calling on the NYS DEC to do more take-back:

<http://www.mymalonetelegram.com/mtg06/maximize-the-effort-officials-should-implement-drug-take-back-program-statewide-20180105/>http://www.mymalonetelegram.com/mtg06/maximize-the-effort-officials-should-implement-drug-take-back-program-statewide-20180105<http://www.mymalonetelegram.com/mtg06/maximize-the-effort-officials-should-implement-drug-take-back-program-statewide-20180105\>\



In response, a letter-to-the-editor was just published:

http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/opinion/drug-manufacturers-should-pay-for-disposal-20180126



Ed Gottlieb
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal
Board Member, New York Product Stewardship Council
Member, National Association of Clean Water Agencies Pretreatment & Pollution Prevention Committee
Member, Product Stewardship Institute Pharmaceuticals’ Policy & Coordination Work Group
Member, New York Water Environment Association Government Affairs Committee
Member, Tompkins County Water Resources Council
Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility
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