FINAL AGENDA

UNWANTED/WASTE PHARMACEUTICALS

National Dialogue

Meeting #1

June 19-20, 2008

Sacramento, CA

DAY 1:Thursday, June 19

Time / Topic / Presenter
8:15 AM / Continental Breakfast / Sponsored by: Veolia ES
8:45 AM (California time) -- Phone line opens. Please dial (517) 417- 5000, access code 507696.
8:45 AM / Welcome and Introductions / Rosalie Mulé, Board Member, CA Integrated Waste Management Board
9:15 AM /
  • Introduction to PSI
  • Meeting Objectives, Stakeholder Roles/Process
  • Roadmap of the Four Meetings
/ Scott Cassel, Product Stewardship Institute
9:30 AM / Background Presentations (10 minutes each with a short Q&A):
  • Pharmaceutical industry perspective
  • A government perspective
  • A pharmacist’s perspective
  • U.S. EPA perspective
/
  • Leslie Wood, PhRMA
  • Dave Galvin, King County, Washington
  • Shirley Reitz, Group Health Cooperative
  • Alexis Strauss, U.S. EPA - Region 9

11:00 AM / Break
11:15 AM / Group Discussion of Issue Statement, Project Focus, Project Goals / Scott Cassel, PSI
12:30 PM / Lunch (phone line closes) / Sponsored by: San Francisco Department of the Environment
1:30 PM -- Phone line re-opens. Please dial (517) 417- 5000, access code 507696.
1:30 PM / Group Discussion of Potential for Joint Research (science and safety issues) / Scott Cassel, PSI
2:30 PM / Group Discussion of Potential Source Reduction Strategies
Brief presentations:
  • Waste Reduction and Pharmaceuticals
  • Data Collection from Green Pharmacy Campaign
/ Scott Cassel, PSI
Sierra Fletcher, PSI
  • Eva Dale, Washington Citizens for Resource Conservation
  • Joel Kreisberg, Teleosis Institute

3:15 PM / Break / Sponsored by: MedServe
3:30 PM / Group Discussion of Potential Collection and Disposal Options
Brief presentations:
  • Overview of Collection and Disposal
  • PH:ARM Project
  • Reverse Distribution
/ Scott Cassel, PSI
Sierra Fletcher, PSI
  • David Stitzhal, Full Circle Environmental
  • Sego Jackson, Snohomish County
  • Mark Harvey, EXP

5:00 PM / Adjourn (phone line closes)

Please join us at 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm for a reception at Sofia’s, located across the street from the meeting location. Thank you very much to Waste Management, Inc. for their sponsorship.

DAY 2:Friday, June 20

Time / Topic / Presenter
8:30 AM / Continental Breakfast / Sponsored by: Waste Management, Inc.
9:00 AM (California time) -- Phone line opens. Please dial (517) 417- 5000, access code 507696.
9:00 AM / Summary of Day 1
Meeting Objectives for Day 2 / Scott Cassel, PSI
9:15 AM / Group Discussion of Potential Strategies to Address Regulatory Issues Associated with Collection
Drug Enforcement Issues related to Collection/Reverse Distribution / Scott Cassel, PSI
Sierra Fletcher, PSI
  • David Stitzhal, Full Circle Environmental

10:45 AM / Break
11:00 AM / Review and Prioritize Strategies to be Refined for Second Meeting / Scott Cassel, PSI
12:30 PM / Lunch (phone line closes) / Sponsored by: Waste Management, Inc.
1:30 PM -- Phone line re-opens. Please dial (517) 417- 5000, access code 507696.
1:30 PM / Next Steps
  • Designate Workgroup Members to Further Refine Priority Strategies
  • Stakeholder Review (who needs to participate who was not represented in the 1st meeting)
  • Set Next Meeting (location/date)
  • 2nd Meeting Agenda Recommendations
/ Scott Cassel, PSI
2:30 PM / Information Exchange on Financing Systems for the Management of Waste Pharmaceuticals
Brief presentations:
  • European Examples
  • Canadian Model
  • Oregon’s Pharmaceutical Initiative
/ Scott Cassel, PSI
  • David Stitzhal, Full Circle Environmental
  • Ginette Vanasse, Post Consumer Pharmaceutical Stewardship Assoc.
  • Janet Gillaspie, OR Association of Clean Water Agencies

4:00 PM / Adjourn (phone line closes)

Thank you to our sponsors!

Platinum

Gold / Silver
National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) / Santa Monica, CA
Solid Waste Division, King County WA / Snohomish County Solid Waste District, WA
San Francisco Department of the Environment, CA / City of Palo Alto, CA Environmental Compliance
San Benito County Integrated Waste Management, CA / City of Palo Alto, CA
Hazardous Waste Management Program, King County, WA / Central Vermont Solid Waste Management
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality / City of Santa Rosa, CA
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, CA / Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, CA
Wastewater Treatment Division, King County WA / Veolia ES
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency / MedServe
California Integrated Waste Management Board

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PSI Pharmaceuticals Product Stewardship Initiative

Final Agenda – Dialogue Meeting #1 – June 17, 2008