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<p class=MsoNormal>Many of you may be interested in the background paper we
just released today. It evaluates all types of home-generated pharmaceutical
collection programs—in terms of efficacy, safety, statewide
accessibility, and cost effectiveness—by type in California based on surveys
completed in the last few months. We received an 86% response rate from 207
out of 241 known continuous collection sites, 46 of the 53 known events, and 3
of the 3 known pilot mail-back programs in California. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The background paper and attachments are available at the
bottom of this page: <a
href="http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Actions/PublicNoticeDetail.aspx?id=217&aiid=217">http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Actions/PublicNoticeDetail.aspx?id=217&aiid=217</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I should caution that the results in California are not
necessarily representative of the results throughout the country because currently
only law enforcement programs dispose of home-generated pharmaceutical waste
within the state. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Mr. Burke Lucy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Integrated Waste Management Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(formerly California Integrated Waste Management Board)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>1001 I Street, PO Box 4025<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sacramento, CA 95812<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Burke.Lucy@CalRecycle.ca.gov<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>916.324.6848<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Light","sans-serif"'>IMPORTANT! </span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Light","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Light","sans-serif"'>Effective
May 1, 2010, the only active work-related E-mail address for me will be <a
href="mailto:FirstName.LastName@CalRecycle.ca.gov"><span style='color:blue'>Burke.Lucy@CalRecycle.ca.gov</span></a>.
any E-mail messages sent to my prior <u><span style='color:blue'>BLucy@CIWMB.ca.gov</span></u>
address will <b><u>not</u></b> be forwarded. Please update any contact or
address book entries by that date to ensure that your E-mail messages will be
correctly routed to me. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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