San Francisco’s Safe Medicine Disposal Pilot Program June 2013 - One Year Update
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San Francisco’s Safe Medicine Disposal Pilot
ProgramJune 2013 - One Year Update
Voluntary Collaborative Pilot ProgramFunding ($110,000)
From PhRMA and Genentech
Collection (independent pharmacies & police stations)
Using California Model Program Guidelines (SB966)
Program LogisticsCity accepts funds, recruits sites, contracts with hauler for bins/disposal, and conducts outreach City Sponsors: SF Environment, SFPD, SFPUC, Mayor’s Office
OutreachProgram Launch Event, billing inserts, community centers, doctors offices, social media, grassroots outreach“Safe Drug Disposal Information Ordinance”
ResearchMedicine Waste Characterization Study
Pilot Program Collection Sites
Collection Bins for Non-Controlled Meds
Police Stations Take Both Over The Counter
13 Independent Pharmacies
One Community Center
Two-key Collection Bins
Pharmacist Has One Key
Med Waste Hauler Driver has other key
Secure “Non-retrievable” Storage
Bin Signage
Site Signage
Education and Advertising
Medical Waste Generator Permit
Licensed Medical Waste Hauler
Weights Collected
18,950 pounds collected in first 13 months
Pilot Program Budget - $110,000
Local Medical waste generator permits
3.30%
Collec-tion bins
9.91%
Collec-tion site & bin sig-
nage3.83%
Waste charac-teriza-
tion study
29.78%Volunteer appreciation
event0.64%
Non-participating Pharmacy (Info Or-dinance) Signage
9.28%
Launch Event Press
release trans-lation0.40%
Site pick-ups
(does not in-clude
medicines col-lected
at SFPD sta-
tions)42.88%
Pilot Program Launch Event April 23, 2012
HHW Collection Facility 1990-2005
Temporary Pharmacy Collection 2006
DEA Collection Events since 2010
Mail-In Program 2009-2011
SF’s EPR Ordinance for Pharmaceuticals
Indefinitely Suspended in favor of Collaborative Pilot Program
• Introduced in April 2010 to address disposal of residential meds• Passed committee in October 2010• Required producer stewardship plan and annual reporting• Phased-in approach for prescription medication, non prescription, and then controlled substances.
And in addition …
• 100 non-participating pharmacies
• Point of sale materials informing public of how to safely and legally dispose of medicines
• “…posted in an area visible to the public & adjacent to the area where prescription drugs are dispensed”
Safe Drug Disposal Information Ordinance
Poster for Non-participating Pharmacies
Lesson #1: City contracting is slow
July 2011
October 2011
January 2012
April 2012
Lesson #2: Find a Good Hauler
Lesson #3: The Police are Great Partners
But Residents Prefer Pharmacies
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PharmaciesDEA DaysPolice Stations
Lesson #4: Celebrate Your Partners
Lesson #5: Loose pills are hard to count
Medicine Waste Characterization Study
What’s Next?
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Maggie JohnsonResidential Toxics Reduction Coordinatormargaret.johnson@sfgov.org415-355-5006
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