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This project included four primary components:
Special Events Final Reports:
For more information, contact Mary Ann Remolador.
The core of this project was the development and implementation of a pilot that provides rural businesses with the tools to make environmentally preferable purchasing decisions. A peer-to-peer-mentoring strategy matched businesses with successful EPP programs with rural businesses interested in developing an EPP program. The project resulted in a guidance document and environmentally preferable purchasing resource tools for rural businesses.
For more information, contact Mary Ann Remolador.
The improper disposal of unwanted medications presents serious environmental problems. Among these is water pollution from the disposal of medications in wastewater, particularly septic systems, and in landfills. Although management as a hazardous waste is the best management practice for this waste stream, in the Northeast, municipal household hazardous waste (HHW) collections do not generally accept medication. This project developed and implemented a replicable pilot for collecting unwanted medications at HHW collections or in other rural settings. The project focused on Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
A comprehensive guidance document was written that details how to legally and safely conduct an unwanted medication collection in conjunction with a household hazardous waste event..
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