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Where do the drugs go?

June 27, 2016 KOLO 8 Click here to visit their site Where Do The Drugs Go? Thousands of pounds of prescription drugs are collected in local take-back programs, but they have to travel across state lines to be properly disposed of. The state is looking for a more efficient process. Hundreds of pounds of are

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Group Urges FDA to Change Pharmaceutical Waste Policy from ‘Flush’ to Stewardship

January 27, 2016 From waste360.com By Allan Gerlat Click here to visit their site A call for a single national disposal system for pharmaceuticals has been made in a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from more than 100 organizations and individuals. The letter to FDA Commissioner Stephen Ostroff urged the agency to end its

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Police departments fired up over drug incinerator

November 12, 2015 From Chicago Tribune Click here to visit their site Officials with several local police departments watched Thursday as Hobart police Detective Corey Hanrahan disposed of five large boxes of confiscated marijuana quickly, efficiently and in an environmentally safe manner. Hanrahan was demonstrating the department’s new “drug terminator,” an unimpressive-looking piece of equipment

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Collection of unwanted drugs leads to cleaner waterways

Working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) collected 237 pounds of unwanted pharmaceuticals that are often mistakenly deposited in toilets and drains and destined for local waterways. In conjunction with the DEA Chicago Field Division, the MWRD hosted the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on

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Elastec Drug Terminator demonstrated for Rockford Police Department

A demonstration of the Drug Terminator was performed Monday, August 17, 2015 at Elastec’s facility in Carmi, IL for Lieutenant Scott Oswald and Sergeant Kristin McLester of the Rockford Police Department. Jeremy Pretzsch, Elastec incinerator sales manager, was on hand to show the advantages of the portable incinerator. Illinois State Representative John Cabello (District 68),

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