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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Hi Christine,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thank you for bringing up the issue of plastic recycling—it really isn’t the best method to reduce environmental impact. According to my pharmacy, I can get refills using the same bottle. Which is what I try to do. Recycling the bottle presents a whole host of environmental issues, everything from more resource consumption, to pharmaceutical residues in water at facilities that are often exempt from regulation because they “recycle” and the loop is not closed—pill bottles aren’t made back into pill bottles. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I would suggest people ask their pharmacy if they can reuse the bottle. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Very truly yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Catherine Zimmer, MS, BSMT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Industry Leader, Environmental and Regulatory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>PSC Healthcare Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Office: 651.645.7509<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mobile: 713.829.6365<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.pscnow.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.pscnow.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:Catherine.zimmer@pscnow.com"><span style='color:blue'>Catherine.zimmer@pscnow.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#65C060'>Live green now!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#65C060'>Reduce, reuse, repair, recycle.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Miller, Christine M.<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> Lucy, Burke; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] RE: Can I recycle my medication bottles? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Unfortunately this article leads people to believe the markets for #5 plastic is good. We do not use a trammel screen in our MRF, so the size of the bottle isn’t as much of an issue, as the marketability of the #5 plastics in Wisconsin. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Christine Miller <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Outagamie County Recycling Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>920-968-5721 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#006600'><a href="www.mibank.com"><span style='color:#006600'>www.RecycleMoreOutagamie.org</span></a></span><span style='color:#006600'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006600'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:3.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#006600'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=241 height=109 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD804E.14F66970" alt=landfill-forest><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#244061'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lucy, Burke<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 20, 2012 11:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Can I recycle my medication bottles? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://news.consumerreports.org/health/2012/08/can-i-recycle-my-medication-bottles.html">http://news.consumerreports.org/health/2012/08/can-i-recycle-my-medication-bottles.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"Small bottles have a nasty habit of looking like broken glass and scraps to a trommel," Cornell says. "For this reason, recycling pill vials in a curbside program shouldn't be done unless you can find out if your system can handle the small size."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Burke<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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>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><a href="mailto:Burke.Lucy@CalRecycle.ca.gov">Burke.Lucy@CalRecycle.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>916.341.6592<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>