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<DIV>Sue,</DIV>
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<DIV>Pick your poison.</DIV>
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<DIV>Assume 1000 #'s of pharmaceuticals to be disposed of.</DIV>
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<DIV>Method 1 - Flushing - 100% enters the waters</DIV>
<DIV>Method 2 - landfill - Pharmaceuticals enter the leachate - some break down - most are sent to a wastewater treatment facility let's say 95% for the sake of conversation. 950 # to the waters</DIV>
<DIV>Method 3 - incineration - controlled burn - 999+ pounds destroyed - 1 # to filters some captured. Less than 1 # released to environment.</DIV>
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<DIV>What we need are well controlled facilities that follow regulations... :)</DIV>
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<DIV>Dennis J. Lucia, P.E.<BR>Pollution Prevention Unit<BR>Division of Environmental Permits<BR>New York State Department of Environmental Conservation<BR>625 Broadway 4th Fl.- SW<BR>Albany, NY 12233-1750<BR>(518) 402-9469<BR>Fax (518) 402-9168<BR><BR><BR>>>> "Sue Dayton" <sdayton@swcp.com> 4/13/2010 1:02 PM >>><BR>Hi Folks:<BR><BR>"Dozens of filters catch pollutants, from mercury to dioxin, that would have<BR>emerged from its smokestack only a decade ago?"<BR><BR>Waste to energy? Sounds like a wonderful idea, but not without compromises.<BR>For one, our air. <BR><BR>Our organization has a number of studies available on WTE. For starters see:<BR><BR><BR><A href="http://www.bredl.org/pdf2/StopIncinerationBlowingSmoke.pdf">http://www.bredl.org/pdf2/StopIncinerationBlowingSmoke.pdf</A><BR><BR><A href="http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/IncineratorsInDisguiseRepo">http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/IncineratorsInDisguiseRepo</A><BR>rtJune2006.pdf<BR><BR><A href="http://preventcancernow.ca/wp">http://preventcancernow.ca/wp</A>-content/uploads/2009/02/pcn-incin51.pdf<BR><BR>PowerPoint: Burning Issues in Waste Disposal: <BR><A href="http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/GreenactionGAIAIncinerator">http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/GreenactionGAIAIncinerator</A><BR>sInDisguise0209.pdf<BR><BR>Best - <BR><BR>Sue Dayton<BR>Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League<BR>North Carolina Healthy Communities Program<BR>PO BOX 44<BR>Saxapahaw, NC 27340<BR>(336) 525-2003<BR>sdayton@swcp.com<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.<BR>- Martin Luther King Jr.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR>[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of DeBiasi,<BR>Deborah (DEQ)<BR>Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 9:31 AM<BR>To: pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR>Subject: [Pharmwaste] "Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S. Lags"<BR><BR>Good article on the Waste-to-Energy Incinerators, like Covanta, that<BR>were being discussed here last week.<BR><BR>"Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S. Lags"<BR><BR><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/science/earth/13trash.html?th&emc=th">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/science/earth/13trash.html?th&emc=th</A><BR><BR><BR>Deborah L. DeBiasi <BR>Email: Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov (NEW!)<BR>WEB site address: www.deq.virginia.gov <BR>Virginia Department of Environmental Quality <BR>Office of Water Permit Programs <BR>Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program <BR>PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents<BR>www.deq.virginia.gov/vpdes/microconstituents.html <BR>Mail: P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218 <BR>Location: 629 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219 <BR>PH: 804-698-4028 <BR>FAX: 804-698-4032 <BR><BR>---<BR>Note: As a courtesy to other listserv subscribers, please post messages to<BR>the listserv in plain text format to avoid the garbling of messages received<BR>by digest recipients.<BR>---<BR>TO SUBSCRIBE, go to:<BR><A href="http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi">http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi</A>-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste <BR>TO UNSUBSCRIBE, DO NOT REPLY TO THE LISTSERV. Please send an e-mail to<BR>pharmwaste-unsubscribe@lists.dep.state.fl.us -- the subject line and body of<BR>the e-mail should be blank.<BR>If you believe you may be subscribed with a different email address, please<BR>visit the subscriber listing at<BR><A href="http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi">http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi</A>-bin/mailman/roster/pharmwaste <BR>FOR PROBLEMS: Contact List Administrator Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us <BR>SEND MAIL to the list server at: pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><BR>---<BR>Note: As a courtesy to other listserv subscribers, please post messages to the listserv in plain text format to avoid the garbling of messages received by digest recipients.<BR>---<BR>TO SUBSCRIBE, go to: <A href="http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi">http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi</A>-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste <BR>TO UNSUBSCRIBE, DO NOT REPLY TO THE LISTSERV. Please send an e-mail to pharmwaste-unsubscribe@lists.dep.state.fl.us -- the subject line and body of the e-mail should be blank.<BR>If you believe you may be subscribed with a different email address, please visit the subscriber listing at <A href="http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi">http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi</A>-bin/mailman/roster/pharmwaste <BR>FOR PROBLEMS: Contact List Administrator Laurie.Tenace@dep.state.fl.us <BR>SEND MAIL to the list server at: pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>