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

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For more information contact

Superior Watershed Partnership

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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