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

2. Objectives The Problem Program History Current Status 2

3. The Problem

5. Rates of prescription painkiller sales, deaths and substance abuse treatment admissions (1999-2010) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prescription Painkiller Overdoses in the US, Available: http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/PainkillerOverdoses/index.html. http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/PainkillerOverdoses/index.html

6. 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: http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/PainkillerOverdoses/index.html.http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/PainkillerOverdoses/index.html

7. 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, 1999-2000-- A national reconnaissance: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 36, no. 6, p. 1202-1211, doi:10.1021/es011055j.Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, 1999-2000-- A national reconnaissance Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999- 2000--A National Reconnaissance

8. 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.

9. Preliminary Results U.S. Landfill Leachate in 2012

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47. 47 Senate Bill 966 Create Guidelines by 2009

48. 48 Senate Bill 966 Create Guidelines by 2009 Evaluate Programs

49. 49 Senate Bill 966 Create Guidelines by 2009 Evaluate Programs Report to the Legislature by 2011

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54. 54 SB 966 Findings No Best Program Type

55. 55 SB 966 Findings No Best Program Type Recommend EPR

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58. 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: http://stewardshipontario.ca/mhsw/pdf/plan/mhsw_plan_jul30_09_vol2.pdf. http://stewardshipontario.ca/mhsw/pdf/plan/mhsw_plan_jul30_09_vol2.pdf ** Based on 123,000 pounds collected in 10 months. See Waste & Recycling News, July 25, 2011, Company will dispose of old, unneeded pills, Available: http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/article/20110725/NEWS08/307259980/company-will-dispose-of-old-unneeded-pills http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/article/20110725/NEWS08/307259980/company-will-dispose-of-old-unneeded-pills

59. Legislation & Guidelines Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010 (S 3397) Oct. 2010 became law Jan. 2011 DEA comments Fall 2012? Notice of proposed rulemaking Winter 2012? Comment period ends

60. 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

61. Source: Center for Responsive Politics, Available: http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?indexType=ihttp://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?indexType=i

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

63. Burke Lucy (916) 341-6592 burke.lucy@calrecycle.ca.gov