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The following links and resources may be helpful as you determine the best pharmaceutical waste management practices for your facility.

Pharmaceutical waste management resources and case studies:

• Ecology Webinar: Pharmaceutical Waste (.wmv file) – Improving your waste designation and management program. These two presentations discuss designating waste, implementing a compliant pharmaceutical waste management program and clarifying when to utilize the conditional exclusion and the Interim Enforcement Policy for Pharmaceutical Waste. Note: The first 3:20 of the webinar are introductions with no video.
• Implementing a Pharmaceutical Waste Management Program: http://www.practicegreenhealth.org/topics/waste/waste-categories-types/pharmaceutical-waste
• Managing Pharmaceutical Waste – a 10-step Blueprint: a 10-step guide providing a comprehensive overview and best practices for managing pharmaceutical waste in healthcare facilities.
• Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP): technical assistance publications and Powerpoint presentations providing background on pharmaceutical waste management and recommendations for waste reduction.
• Abbott Northwestern Hospital: A case study of a successful pharmaceutical waste management program.
• Practice Greenhealth (formerly Hospitals for a Healthy Environment - H2E), is a membership and networking organization for institutions in the healthcare community that have made a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices.
• Healthcare Without Harm offers information for environmentally responsible health care.

Government Resources:

• Washington State Department of Ecology Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program:
• Managing Pharmaceutical Waste
• Interim Enforcement Policy for Pharmaceutical Waste in Healthcare, Publication #07-04-024
• Ecology Publication #07-04-025, Quick Guide to Pharmaceutical Waste Management, Publication #07-04-025
• Profile and Notification, Ecology Publication #07-04-026
• Hazardous Waste Regulatory Information & Assistance
• Hazardous Waste Services Directory
• The Washington State Department of Health Board of Pharmacy
• Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission:
• US Drug Enforcement Administration - Recent Conferences on Pharmaceutical and Chemical Diversion
• US Department of Transportation
• Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Transportation) (40CFR)  
• King County
• Interagency Regulatory Analysis Committee’s bibliography on pharmaceutical waste
• King County Pharmaceutical Resource Directory for managing pharmaceutical wastes.
• Final Report of King County Pharmaceutical Waste Survey
• The Medical Industry Waste Prevention Roundtable. An evaluation of all wastes from medical facilities, not just hazardous waste.

Household Return Resources:

• Pharmaceutical from Households: A Return Mechanism (PH:ARM)
• Unwanted Household Medicine Return Program