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Educational Tools and Resources
Steve Brachman Waste Reduction Specialist
Overview
Ü No need to reinvent the wheel
Ü Most communities happy to share
Ü Two main catergories: Ü “How to” guides/tools
Ü Descriptive flyers
How to guides/tools
Ü Getting Rid of Stuff – IL IN Sea Grant toolkit Ü http://www.iisgcp.org/unwantedmeds/
Ü Project Drug Drop – Natl. Assoc. of Drug Diversion Investigators Ü http://www.projectdrugdrop.com/
Ü Operating Unwanted Medicine Collections – Northeast Recycling Council Ü http://www.nerc.org/tools/index.html
Flyers/brochures/fact sheets
Ü Get the Old Meds Out poster
Ü California outreach brochure
Ü Milwaukee MSD flyer/postcard
Ü Michigan poster
Ü P2D2 (Prescription Pill & Drug Disposal) billboards and med drop boxes
Ü Winnebago County Drug Drop
Get the Old Meds Out poster EXPIRED MEDS? UNUSED MEDS?
GET THE MEDS OUT!Keep our Kids Safe and our Waters Clean
RESIDENTS – DISPOSE OF OLD MEDICATIONS SAFELY
4/08 Graphic design by Annika Sargent, UW-Extension Environmental Resources Center
Call 1-800-958-5859Don’t delay – Dispose today (limited time opportunity)
for a prepaid envelope, then ship your medications in to be safely destroyed.
IT’S EASY! Take part in a new, FREE program in Waukesha and Winnebago counties.
California outreach brochure
Unused prescription and over-the-counter medications thatare put in drains or flusheddown the toilet pollute theenvironment, so please takeas prescribed and dispose ofunused portions properly.
www.nodrugsdownthedrain.org
UNUSEDMEDICATIONS
SHOULD BE
Taken to a household hazardous waste collection
center or event (no controlledsubstances allowed) or
Put in a sturdy, securelysealed container, then in a
trash can where children andanimals can’t reach them.
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In case of overdose or accidentalpoisoning, call the poison center at
1-800 - 222 -1222 24 hours/day
NO DRUGSDOWN THE DRAIN
Todo medicamento recetado o no recetadoque sea desechado en el desagüe, lavabo oexcusado, contamina el medio ambiente.Tome sus medicamentos como recetadospor su doctor, y favor de deshacerse de medicamentos no utilizados de lamanera apropiada.
www.nodrugsdownthedrain.org
LOS MEDICAMENTOSNO UTILIZADOS
SE DEBEN
Llevar a un evento o centro para la recolección de desechos
domesticos peligrosos(substancias controladas no serán permitidas), o
Poner dentro de un recipienteresistente, sellar y tirar a labasura fuera del alcance de
niños y animales.
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En caso de sobredosis o envenenamiento accidental, llame al centro de
envenenamientos al 1-800 - 222 -1222 las 24-horas
NO TIRE MEDICAMENTOS EN EL DESAGÜE
Milwaukee MSD flyer/postcard
WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
Wastewater treatment plants are not designed to remove all medicines from wastewater. Drugs
can end up going through the plants and directly to our lakes and rivers. Various levels of
antibiotics, anti-depressants, veterinary drugs, birth control hormones and other drugs have been
detected in waterways across the United States.
Research suggests that hormones found in pharmaceuticals
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Antibiotics in the environment may also contribute to the
development of drug resistant germs.
You Can Bring: Prescription Medication & Over the Counter Medication.
Ointments, sprays, inhalers, creams, vials and pet medications
are acceptable.
Do NOT Bring: Illegal Drugs, Biohazardous Material, Needles/Sharps,
Personal Care Products (shampoo, soaps, lotions, sunscreens, etc).
Household Hazardous Waste (paint, pesticides, oil, gas)
a prescription for clean water & safe kids
MILWAUKEE COUNTY RESIDENTS
Miller Park, Milwaukee WI
Miller lot by the “sausage haus”
printable .pdf of map
OZAUKEE COUNTY RESIDENTS
Port Washington
Ozaukee County Hwy. Dept.
410 S. Spring Street, Port Washington
link to map
Mequon
Milwaukee Area Technical College
5555 West Highland Road, Mequon
link to map
RACINE COUNTY RESIDENTS
City of Racine
6200 21st Street, Racine
link to map
City of Burlington
156 E. State St., Burlington
link to map
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Washington County Fair Park
3000 Pleasant Valley Rd, West Bend
link to map
NEVER FLUSH or pour unused medicine down the drain.
Bring it to a special “Medicine Collection Day.”
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Michigan poster Saturday, April 21, 2007
9:00am-12:00 noon
at participating Earth Keeper churches
across the Upper Peninsula
FREE andOPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Do you have unwanted medications
around your home? Help protect your
family, community, and the environment
by properly disposing of them.
! Bring in expired or unused prescriptions
or over-the-counter medications
! Keep medications in original containers
if possible
help keep our waterssafe and clean
PHARMACEUTICALCOLLECTION
PHARMACEUTICALCOLLECTION
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For more information contact
Superior Watershed Partnership
990066--222288--66009955
Funded in part by the
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
and
P2D2 billboards and med drop boxes
Prescription Pill and Drug
Disposal (P2D2) Program Network
Puget Sound, WA LaSalle County, IL
Pontiac, IL (above)
Bloomington, IL
Charleston, IL (below)
Billboards
Drop-Off Boxes
State Police HQ
Pontiac, IL
Winnebago Co. Drug Drop