[Pharmwaste] CPSC update -SB 212 webinar and more!

Fri Sep 14 19:48:15 EDT 2018

September 14, 2018

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 Meds and Sharps
EPR Update

The California legislature passed SB 212 with a 39-0 vote off the Senate floor and it is now awaiting the Governor’s signature. This newsletter provides an overview on SB 212 with opportunities to learn more!

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SB 212 (Jackson, Gray, Ting) <http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB212>  would establish a stewardship program, under which a manufacturer or distributor of covered drugs or sharps, or other entity defined to be covered by the bill, would be required to establish and implement, either on its own or as part of a group of covered entities through membership in a stewardship organization, a stewardship program for covered drugs or for sharps, as applicable.

The Governor has until 9/30/18 at midnight to sign!

See the CPSC Coalition Sign-on Letter<https://calpsc.org/mobius/cpsc-content/uploads/2018/09/SB-212-Sign-on-Support-Governor-Sign-9-14-18.pdf> urging Governor Brown to sign SB 212

Use our model letter<https://calpsc.org/mobius/cpsc-content/uploads/2018/09/SB-212-Sample-Letter-9-7-18.docx> to submit your own request to Governor Brown

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Why is SB 212 unique in the U.S.?

  1.  This is the only statewide program for needles/sharps and meds!
  2.  Allows existing ordinances to continue
  3.  Requires the stewardship organizations to be IRS 501(C)3 orgs for public benefit.
More details will be presented on the webinar!
So please join us!

Links to key SB 212 documents:

  *   Final Bill Language<https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB212>
  *   SB 212 Background Factsheet<https://calpsc.org/mobius/cpsc-content/uploads/2018/08/SB-212-Backgrounder-8.24.18.pdf>
  *   Senate EQ Analysis Document<https://calpsc.org/mobius/cpsc-content/uploads/2018/09/Senate-EQ-Anaylsis-SB-212.pdf>
  *   Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Analysis<https://calpsc.org/mobius/cpsc-content/uploads/2018/08/201720180SB212_SB_212_SBPCA_08-27-2018_Sen._Assembly_Environmental_Safety_And_Toxic_Materials_Committee_81041.pdf>

Go to the CPSC webpage<https://calpsc.org/policy-and-legislation/2018-state-legislation/> for more bill information

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Register now!

Date:
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 at 9 AM – 10:30 AM PT

Registration Cost:
FREE for CPSC and NSAC funders; $75 for Government and Nonprofits; $125 for everyone else

Recent Press on
Medicine and Needles

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Analysis conducted by Margaret Shield, PhD of Community Environmental Health Strategies for the San Francisco Department of the Environment

For more information contact
Community Environmental Health Strategies at
(206) 499-5452

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Watch the KCRA 3<https://www.facebook.com/KCRA3/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD5VDeQDBznY9HvOTf6hRB3cBJNjZl7TJvaFTiV3wkG_9usK4EPI5FD-G6PAg8HANG1ArIRD0H4NjfPdIu0zbr0FjkST0ac0J0eR4-zkj3tH-n6I5udo3LlCzjKD49a7Bu20Xnhw6L3ts3SVtTMqAafiMQRFIm7EQ9Zr-rE5BKFxWLk6iUPqOE> segment (above) about piles of discarded needles found near a school in Stockton, California<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stockton-California/108640102493378?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD5VDeQDBznY9HvOTf6hRB3cBJNjZl7TJvaFTiV3wkG_9usK4EPI5FD-G6PAg8HANG1ArIRD0H4NjfPdIu0zbr0FjkST0ac0J0eR4-zkj3tH-n6I5udo3LlCzjKD49a7Bu20Xnhw6L3ts3SVtTMqAafiMQRFIm7EQ9Zr-rE5BKFxWLk6iUPqOE>. SB212<https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/sb212> would require the manufacturers to set up a convenient statewide take-back program for needles and medicines to prevent scenes like this!

SB 212 in the News

·         Waste 360<https://www.waste360.com/legislation-regulation/california-senate-passes-drug-needle-take-back-program> (9/3/18)
·         Pharmalot<https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2018/09/04/california-take-back-medicines-needles/> (9/4/18)
·         Scrap Monster<https://www.scrapmonster.com/news/california-senate-unanimously-passes-statewide-drug-and-needle-takeback-program/1/68808> (9/4/18)
·         Recycling Product News<https://www.recyclingproductnews.com/article/28962/california-senate-unanimously-passes-statewide-drug-and-needle-take-back-program-to-be-paid-for-by-producers> (9/6/18)
·         California City News<https://www.californiacitynews.org/2018/08/drug-and-needle-takeback-bill-moves-through-legislature.html> (8/30/18)

Special Thanks

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Sponsorships are available and donations are welcome to continue our great work!

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