[Pharmwaste] Covanta Rx4Safety Honored by the Commerce & Industry Assoc. of NJ

Fri May 17 13:40:37 EDT 2019

Covanta is indeed a champion in the environmental and drug prevention arena.

Here in Collier County, Covanta has always taken back all our medications
collected as abandon property from our
Law Enforcement partners.
To this day, they continue to be leading edge in community assistance.
Medication returns have turned into hard business
with rules and regulations becoming unbending.  Covanta continues to help
the little guy succeed.  They adapted
their program to our needs.  We will be forever grateful.

Thank you to COVANTA, an honor to work with you.

Veora Little, CRNA, Volunteer coordinator for Operation Medicine Cabinet
with Drug Free Collier.

Fondly, Veora
*veoralittle at gmail.com <veoralittle at gmail.com>*

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 9:49 AM Ed Gottlieb <EGottlieb at cityofithaca.org>
wrote:

> Covanta Honored as Environmental Leadership Champion
> Pharmaceutical take-back collection efforts address national opioid
> epidemic
>
>
>
> NEWS PROVIDED BY
> *Covanta * <https://www.prnewswire.com/news/covanta>
>
> May 15, 2019, 12:29 ET
>
>
> MORRISTOWN, N.J., May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Covanta, a world leader in
> sustainable waste management based in Morristown, New Jersey, has been
> recognized by the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ)
> and COMMERCE Magazine for its achievements in environmental leadership.
> Covanta was honored in the Recycling and Pollution Prevention Program
> category for its Rx4Safety
> <https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2468251-1&h=374319712&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.covanta.com%2FIn-Your-Community%2FCommunity-Engagement%2FPrescription-for-Safety&a=Rx4Safety>
>  program.
>
> According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 130 Americans
> on average die each day from an opioid overdose. Opioid abuse is a serious
> and pervasive crisis in the United States aided by its easy accessibility
> to people of all ages.  Launched in 2010, Covanta's Rx4Safety program seeks
> to address this urgent crisis by providing the means for safe, secure and
> anonymous disposal of prescription medications through participation in
> community-sponsored, drug take-back events. Rx4Safety ensures medications
> collected at these events are properly disposed of so that they do not end
> up in public waterways and drinking water. Since the program's inception,
> Covanta has collected nearly 500,000 pounds of medication in New Jersey
> alone.
>
> "Covanta is dedicated to serving the communities in which our employees
> live and work," Paul Stauder, president of Covanta Environmental
> Solutions. "The Rx4Safety program was born out of this desire, supporting
> communities with environmentally-sound destruction of unwanted medications.
> Now, almost 10 years later, the demand for this service is greater than
> ever as people become more aware of the urgent need to protect water
> resources and keep drugs from falling into the wrong hands. We greatly
> appreciate this recognition of the program's impact."
>
> The amount of unused medications collected during national take-back days
> continues to grow every year. To meet the increasing demand for safe,
> secure and convenient medication disposal, Covanta has expanded its
> offerings to include kiosk and mail-back envelope services at retail
> pharmacies and other community health care locations across the country.
> For more information visit: www.covanta.com/healthcare-solutions
> <https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2468251-1&h=2876469783&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.covanta.com%2Fhealthcare-solutions&a=www.covanta.com%2Fhealthcare-solutions>
> .
>
>
> *About Covanta  *Covanta is a world leader in providing sustainable waste
> and energy solutions. Annually, Covanta's modern Energy-from-Waste
> facilities safely convert approximately 22 million tons of waste from
> municipalities and businesses into clean, renewable electricity to power
> one million homes and recycle over 600,000 tons of metal. Through a vast
> network of treatment and recycling facilities, Covanta also provides
> comprehensive industrial material management services to companies seeking
> solutions to some of today's most complex environmental challenges. For
> more information, visit covanta.com
> <https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2468251-1&h=1873706290&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcovanta.com%2F&a=covanta.com>
> .
>
>
> *About The Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey  *Commerce and
> Industry Association of New Jersey is a unique network of businesses
> committed to improving and advancing the cause of free enterprise in the
> Garden State. For more information, visit: www.cianj.org
>
>
> Ed Gottlieb
> Chair, Tompkins County Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal
> Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator
> Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility
> 525 3rd Street
> Ithaca, NY  14850
> (607) 273-8381
>
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