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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.75pt"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Scott Cassel, PSI -
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Cook County, IL Mandates Largest Drug Take-Back Program in the U.S. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Newly passed ordinance requires manufacturers to finance safe disposal program for leftover medications
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.75pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Cook County, IL</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> - This week, Cook County, Illinois adopted
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an ordinance</a> that will provide over five million residents with convenient access to safe drug disposal. The ordinance makes Cook County the largest jurisdiction in the U.S. to require drug companies to safely dispose of unwanted medications, and adds to
the two states, nine counties, and two cities in the U.S. with similar drug take-back laws.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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$1 billion</a> in leftover drugs are thrown in the trash, flushed, or consigned to medicine cabinets each year. Prescription drug abuse is the
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fastest growing drug problem</a> in the U.S., and nearly 70% of people who begin using prescription drugs non-medically get them from a family member or friend, often from medicine cabinets. Drugs left in the home also put seniors, children, and pets at risk
for accidental poisoning. When flushed or put in the trash, over-the-counter medications and prescription drugs can <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001HSanp5BAKBOQW_yFGZnKWtk9zp1pk-rxpEoIoB0JTH8Jq0PoGVFk3pf7u2_lPzFzlgJeglsNrBB9-Z4PjUNYHLrUrUu0kw0qBCPrhdpX-ZZ60ZOlpUtqPP1WkAkZOxMUBIyA4L-rShn7tCM6PlyAEsFKUM8-s-sK8z9ZWt1oZX-wna09DNEvB8tgwJMVluNe&c=y1jWY_rADXPMCbtUfrhSt8PzZzhoiwbkIVRQtxamNIZzzePAE-xp7g==&ch=9k6TdTIFhPdO3wayBvfeFJWzpcyRKW2n9WOAGRqPPsvedQ-H9gPl-w==" target="_blank">contaminate
our drinking water and harm aquatic species</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">"We applaud Cook County for recognizing that drug companies are responsible for safely managing leftover medicine and that drug take-back is a key element
in reducing drug abuse and water quality impacts," said Scott Cassel, chief executive officer of the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), which has promoted drug take-back nationwide for the past decade. "This law should also save money for Cook County governments,
which traditionally bear the burden of paying for proper disposal."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of environmental initiatives for the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. "We were therefore enthusiastic about working with PSI to support the bill and strengthen it -- and we are elated that it succeeded."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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a letter</a> to Chairman Larry Suffredin, the bill sponsor, which expressed support for manufacturer-funded drug take-back while citing two key areas of concern: the need to increase the producer fee to cover the costs of the program and to strengthen a "convenience
standard" that promotes consumer access to collection sites. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">"We commend the Cook County Board of Supervisors for passing such a critical piece of legislation and are hopeful that the ordinance will create an
effective, industry-funded drug take-back program as intended," noted Walter Willis, executive director of the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County, IL. "We also recognize the need to monitor the implementation of this law in the next few years to ensure that
the industry meets its full responsibility for covering program costs."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The final ordinance gives the County Board of Commissioners the flexibility to set a fee that recovers the costs of program implementation. The County
Sheriff's office will design and implement the program. The law's convenience standard (1 drop-off site per 150,000 County residents and no less than 5 sites in each of 17 County districts) is less stringent than other laws passed in the country to date. PSI
and IL PSC will track program implementation, which is scheduled to begin January 1, 2017, to help Cook County develop the most effective program possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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said Marta Keane, chair of IL PSC. "We hope this ordinance propels state legislators to pass a law that ensures all residents have access to convenient, safe drug disposal options, and that it paves the way for other municipalities and states around the nation
to pursue similar legislation." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:vivian@productstewardship.us" target="_blank">Vivian Fuhrman</a> at (617) 236-4771. </span></em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The Illinois Product Stewardship Council (IL PSC) is a coalition of public and private entities including local governments, state governments, businesses, environmental groups, NGOs, solid waste agencies, associations, and individuals in Illinois. The mission
of the IL PSC is to shift the product waste management system in Illinois from one focused on government-funded and ratepayer-financed waste diversion to one that relies on producer responsibility in order to reduce public costs, increase opportunities for
waste minimization and resource recovery, raise recycling rates, and drive improvements in product design that promote environmental sustainability. As a significant consequence of this evolution, the green jobs sector will continue to grow, offering an increasing
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