Hello HHW family, For any of you that are not on the Pharmwaste Listserve or may have heard the Yellow Jug program was ending and wanted more information, please read the email below from Chris Angel. I spoked with one pharmacy last week that paid their 2017 program fee back in September but have not had any pickups since then. Have any participating pharmacies in your area received notification? Cynthia Foster Household Hazardous Waste Specialist Household Hazardous Waste Center Health & Community Services 269-383-8742 csfost@kalcounty.com Follow HCS on Twitter -----Original Message----- From: Pharmwaste [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Chris Angel Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 11:46 AM To: Pharmwaste <pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Yellow Jug Old Drugs Update letter TO: Participating Pharmacies and Partners FR: Chris Angel, President Founder Great Lakes/US Clean Water Since the start of Great Lakes Clean Water (GLCW) and the Yellow Jug Old Drugs Program I have envisioned a time when collection of Rx-Waste would be commonplace and wide spread across the US. I still believe that. However the idea may be ahead of its time. A few weeks ago we sent out a letter detailing the accomplishments of GLCW since starting the Yellow Jug Old Drugs Program in 2008. We also cited what needed to happen to keep the program viable. These were: • Paying the program fee for 2017 that was due 1.1.17 if you have not done so yet. Over 200 pharmacies have not paid the $300 fee. • Agree to utilize the new collection method. • Make a special donation to Great Lakes US Clean Water. Additional resources are always helpful, especially at this important stage. • Encourage customers to make a donation to the program. (Our goal has always been to have to have programs like this funded 1/3 by pharmacies, 1/3 individuals. 1/3 pharmaceutical companies. To date we have not received the support we need to allow us to continue operation of the Yellow Jug Old Drugs Program. I do sincerely apologize if your pharmacy has paid your fee for 2017 and you are affected by this. We are not in a position to provide any credit for program fees paid. I want to assure you that any money we have received has been used entirely on program operation. I personally have not taken a wage or received any compensation in over two years. I volunteered my time because I believe this to be a very important issue. I have heard from entities interested in purchasing the rights and intellectual property to operate the Yellow Jug Old Drugs Program. I am making other potentially interested parties aware of the opportunity. The right entity, with sufficient capital and human resources can provide a needed service to a growing number of pharmacies and find it to be very lucrative. My desire is that we can connect the right entity before the end of May to provide some sort of transition as soon as possible. Interested entities should contact me for more information. In the meantime, we are not in a financial position to conduct in person collection at pharmacies. You may ship non-controlled substances to us (shipping charges paid by you) to our warehouse prior to May 25. The returned jugs will be taken to the high temperature incinerator in Detroit for destruction. An instruction sheet will be posted at www.YellowJugOldDrugsProgram by Friday 5.12. We are requesting information from the DEA on how to handle controlled substances that have been collected at pharmacies. Details to follow. If you have questions send them to me ChrisAngel@GreatLakes-US-CleanWater.Org I am proud of the work GLCW has done on this issue. The focus for GLCW will now be education and promotion of clean water initiatives including the proper disposal of Rx-Waste. Because of my experience in the field, I have been asked to provide consulting services with a state desiring to run a drug collection program, as well consulting with a large medical waste collector that is interested in tapping into the potential of this high growth industry. I do plan, as time allows to provide consulting services to other Federal, state, and private and non-profit entities on this issue. A lot of work yet needs to be done. I am hopeful that one day a more permanent funding structure will be available for programs like this. In our case, the will, desire and a great product are in place. The only piece lacking is adequate funding. -- Chris Angel, President www.GreatLakes-US-CleanWater.org www.YellowJugOldDrugsProgram.com --- Note: As a courtesy to other listserv subscribers, please post messages to the listserv in plain text format to avoid the garbling of messages received by digest recipients. --- TO SUBSCRIBE, go to: http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharmwaste TO UNSUBSCRIBE, DO NOT REPLY TO THE LISTSERV. Please send an e-mail to pharmwaste-unsubscribe@lists.dep.state.fl.us -- the subject line and body of the e-mail should be blank. 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