Click here to go to the the DEA’s website and to look up a drop-off site for unused or expired medicines near you.
If you cannot make the April 30, 2011 DEA program, the American Medicine Chest Challenge will also be sponsoring an unused or expired medicine disposal program on November 12, 2011. Click here to go to their website and to look up locations for drop-off sites.
There will be two unwanted medicine take-back programs conducted in New Jersey this Fall 2010. ANJHHWC members are urged to get the word out about these two medicine disposal opportunities in an effort to keep out homes, streets, families, friends and environment safe from the improper disposal of unwanted and unusable medicines. The information about each of the two programs is provided below.
On September 25, 2010 many municipalities in New Jersey will be participating in Operation Take Back New Jersey. Please visit www.operationtakebacknj.com for more information. On this website you will be able to select and county and then find a local municipalities that will provide a drop-off location for the unwanted medicines on Sept. 25, 2010 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Jersey (NJ) Division Operation Take Back NJ is to provide a safe and legal method for the citizens of New Jersey to dispose their unwanted, unused, and expired medicines. For more information contact:
On November 13, 2010 the American Medicine Chest Challenge will be conducting an unwanted medicine take-back program. Please visit their website at www.americanmedicinechest.com for more information. On this website you will be able to select a state, county and then find a local municipalities that will provide a drop-off location for the unwanted medicines on November 13, 2010.
According to Americanmedicinechest.com there are five simple steps to keeping your children safe from medicine abuse:
On April 6 at 9 a.m., township police received a report from a Highland Avenue resident that a township sanitation worker had removed an empty, discarded prescription bottle from the trash and placed it in the cab of the garbage truck, Detective Lt. Kevin O’Shea said today.
Township police conducted a brief investigation before arresting Paul J. Ward, 42, of Randolph, and Joseph P. Andrisano, 35, of Wharton. Both men were found to be in possession of drugs, although the drugs had not been taken from the resident’s trash.
Ward was charged with possession of heroin, possession of paraphernalia, possession of a prescription drug without a valid prescription and resisting arrest. Andrisano was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance (Adderall) without a prescription.
Ward was remanded to the Morris County Correctional Facility in lieu of $20,000 bail. Andrisano was released on a summons.
O’Shea said he did not know about the current employment status of either worker.
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Below is a summary of HHW activity happening in New Jersey for the remainder of June 2010. For ANJHHWC members it’s a good opportunity to click on the link to each county and view their individual Websites to see how they are promoting their HHW programs online. All the counties and links to their programs are consolidated in this posting below.
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Tagged Bergen, Camden, Cumberland, HHW, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Union
Spring is in full bloom, the weather is nice and at for ANJHHWC members and many New Jersey counties this means the household hazardous waste circus is rolling into town. Below is a summary of HHW activity happening in New Jersey for the remainder of Spring 2010.
For ANJHHWC members it’s a good opportunity to click on the link to each county and view their individual Websites to see how they are promoting their HHW programs online. All the counties and links to their programs are consolidated in this posting below.
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Tagged Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Events, Gloucester, HHW, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Somerset, Sussex, Union, Warren
Click here to view a brochure called “Homeowners Guide to Proper Household Battery Management.” At the end of 2009 this brochure was designed by ANJHHWC members to publicize changes in the way household batteries in and around New Jersey will be collected and managed in the near future. Please feel free to download, print and distribute these brochures to all appropriate members of the public. In addition, don’t forget to spread the word about Call2Recycle® as a means to recycle rechargeable batteries free of charge.
