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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Forwarding a response to
Charlotte’s question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D'>Laurie J. Tenace<br>
Environmental Specialist<br>
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2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 4555<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gina Temple-Rhodes
[mailto:gina.Temple-Rhodes@WLSSD.Duluth.MN.US] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 13, 2008 12:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Charlotte A. Smith; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Rates of consumer drug generation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Hi Charlotte and others:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>During 4 events in the past year at WLSSD in Duluth, we have
facilitated collection of 1640 lbs of drug waste from 1096
households. These totals do include some packaging weight, and works out to
about 1.5 lbs per household. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>The totals varied a bit between each collection, but the first
collection in October 07 yielded the same average as the last collection
held in Sept 08 (1.6 lbs per household). We didn't track repeat households
in our survey (i.e. were the households who brought in meds to later events all
new participants who were cleaning out old material, or did the some of the
same households generate that much between events?).</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>At all collections, we saw plenty of old medications (usually quite
a few from the 80's) and heard from residents that they didn't know how to
dispose of meds, so tended to hold onto them. But we also saw lots of
recently expired items. Hope that info is helpful; it's not simply newly
generated waste, but I think the consistency between events is interesting. </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:blue'>Best wishes-</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Gina Temple-Rhodes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Environmental Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Western Lake Superior Sanitary District<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>2626 Courtland Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Duluth, MN 55806-1894<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Direct Phone: 218-740-4784 </span><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Fax 218-727-7471<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:blue'><a
href="http://www.wlssd.com/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.wlssd.com</span></a></span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Charlotte
A. Smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 10, 2008 7:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Rates of consumer drug generation</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to develop some metrics for the number of pounds
of drug waste generated by consumers/year. I know this is very difficult since
we have such a backlog. It would be helpful to know if any of you are tracking
poundage per household per year over several years. That would give me a
starting point. ( I am assuming that most drop-offs are per household rather
than per individual, even though some households may be single persons.) If you
have any estimated rates of usage per population based on follow-up surveys,
that would also be very helpful. Thank you very much for any information
you can provide.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Charlotte A. Smith, R. Ph., M.S., HEM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>President<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>PharmEcology Associates, LLC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>12229 W. North Ave., Suite 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Wauwatosa, WI 53226<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>414-292-3959<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>414-915-4026(cell)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>csmith@pharmecology.com<o:p></o:p></p>
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