Product Stewardship Institute Ultimate Disposal of Pharmaceuticals January 12, 2010 By John G. Waffenschmidt V.P., Environmental Science and Community.

Product Stewardship InstituteUltimate Disposal of Pharmaceuticals

January 12, 2010

By John G. WaffenschmidtV.P., Environmental Science and Community Affairs

Leading Producer of Energy-from-Waste• Largest Energy-from-Waste (EfW)

operator in the world

– Global presence; local relationships

– North America, Asia & Europe

– 4,000 employees

• 44 EfW facilities owned and/or operated

– Serve more than 12 million people

– 19 million tons of waste per year

– 9,000,000 MW-hr of renewable electricity/yr

– 400,000 tons of metal recycled each year

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Covanta Operates in 18 States and Canada

Covanta

Number one position in the

U.S. Energy-from-Waste industry

Environmental Management

System

Continuous Emission Monitoring System

(CEMS)

Odors Burned in Boilers

Ash Wetted

High-temperature Combustion

Acid Gas Scrubbers

Baghouse or ESP

Carbon Injection*

Tall Stack

Manual Stack Tests

Typical Energy from Waste Facility Air Pollution Control Systems

Enclosed Unloading

and Storage Areas

Urea Injection*

* Some Plants

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Alexandria Energy-from-Waste Facility

PermitLimit

2003 – 2007Actual Results

% Below Limit

Particulate (mg/dscm)

27 1.91 92.9%

Dioxin/Furan (ng/dscm)

30 3.81 87.3%

Mercury (µg/dscm) 80 0.62 99.2%

Lead (µg/dscm) 440 4.47 99.0%

Cadmium (µg/dscm) 40 0.25 99.4%

Note: All concentrations corrected to 7%

oxygen.

Actual vs. Allowable Emissions

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Alexandria vs. EU Standard

Lower Limit 2003-2007Actual Results

% Below Limit

Particulate (mg/dscm)

14 1.91 86%

Dioxin/Furan (ng/dscm)

4.1 3.81 7%

Mercury (µg/dscm) 69 0.62 99.1%

Lead (µg/dscm) 702 4.47 99.4%

Cadmium (µg/dscm) 7 0.25 96.4%

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Summary Thoughts

• EfW and hazardous waste incineration will provide the same thermal destruction and environmental protection, 100% destruction, emissions without health risks

• Pharmaceuticals, if not reverse distributed, should never be flushed, they should either be burned or rendered unrecognizable, unusable and landfilled

• Non-hazardous wastes should not be sent to hazardous waste incinerators

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