Local Governments Taking the Wheel on EPR Home-Generated Pharmaceutical Waste Collection Burke Lucy CalRecycle Sharps & Pharmaceutical Waste Specialist

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Rates of prescription painkiller sales, deaths and substance abuse treatment admissions ( ) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prescription Painkiller Overdoses in the US, Available:

Amount of prescription painkillers sold by state per 10,000 people (2010 ) Drug overdose death rates by state per 100,000 people (2008) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prescription Painkiller Overdoses in the US, Available:

Source: Kolpin, D.W., Furlong, E.T., Meyer, M.T., Thurman, E.M., Zaugg, S.D., Barber, L.B., and Buxton, H.T., 2002, Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, A national reconnaissance: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 36, no. 6, p , doi: /es011055j.Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, A national reconnaissance Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, A National Reconnaissance

Preliminary Results U.S. Landfill Leachate in 2012 Source: Masoner, Jason, Kolpin, Dana, et. al./USGS, (2012). Characterizing Landfill Leachate in the Conterminous United States: Contaminants of Emerging Concern and Geochemistry, abstract of yet to be published study presented at the AWRA 2012 Summer Specialty Conference.

Preliminary Results U.S. Landfill Leachate in 2012

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Collection Rates * Total available values for programs in the U.S. were extrapolated from Stewardship Ontario (2009), Final Consolidated Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste Program Plan Volume II: Material-Specific Plans, Available: ** Based on 123,000 pounds collected in 10 months. See Waste & Recycling News, July 25, 2011, Company will dispose of old, unneeded pills, Available:

Legislation & Guidelines Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010 (S 3397) Oct became law Jan DEA comments Fall 2012? Notice of proposed rulemaking Winter 2012? Comment period ends

Legislation & Guidelines Pharmaceutical Stewardship Act of 2011 (HR 2939) Manufacturers and brand owners pay 1 site/county per state, 1 site/city >10,000 pop. EPA gets $8 million to administer No collection rate goals Takes effect within 2 years

Source: Center for Responsive Politics, Available:

Summary Long-running programs Minimal collections in U.S. Industry opposition

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