Sharps Stakeholders Meetings

The California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) conducted a Sharps Stakeholder Meeting to inform participants and to solicit suggestions on how to implement Senate Bill (SB) 1305 and properly collect and dispose of sharps.

The purpose of the meeting was to hear about some of the ways that local governments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations are working to ensure that sharps are properly disposed of and how the State will assist in these efforts. The workshop was held in advance of a September 1, 2008, ban on disposing of sharps in California landfills.

For more information, contact James Cropper.

Resources

The following presentations and notes examine potential solutions to appropriately managing sharps waste in California. One of the two presenters represents a company that operates a sharps waste mail-back program, while the other presenter represents a sharps waste drop-off program developed by a local government. The meeting notes summarize stakeholders’ concerns and suggested options for implementing successful waste sharps collection and disposal programs.

Date and Location

March 17, 2008, 1:00-5:15 p.m.
CalEPA Headquarters Building

Agenda (Print-Friendly Version, Adobe PDF, 11 KB)

Time	Topic
1:00-1:15 p.m.	Opening Remarks: Board Member Rosalie Mulé Introductions and Review Agenda
1:15-1:45 p.m.	Review Requirements of SB 1305 (Adobe PDF, 439 KB) Review Survey Results
1:45-2:30 p.m.	Speakers: Jack McGurk, Retired Chief, Environmental Management Branch and Consultant for a Mail-Back Program, Sharps Mail-Back Program (Adobe PDF, 526 KB) Ousmane Sy (Norcal Waste Systems--Compliance Specialist Responsible for San Francisco’s Sharp Take Back Program at Pharmacies) Lisa Avrit and Kari Holmes, City of Vacaville Sharps Collection Program, Vacaville’s Proposed Plan for the Acceptance of Home-Generated Sharps (Adobe PDF, 177 KB)
2:30-2:45 p.m.	Break
2:45-5:00 p.m.	Suggestions from the Public on Methods to Implement the Law Program Successes and Problems
5:00-5:15 p.m.	Wrap-Up and Next Steps

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