She confirmed the organization was able to use money from its reserves to help with the purchase. However, CPASA is still looking for donations to help make up the price and also to help with the upkeep of equipment.
The incinerator is located at the Princeton Police Department. A fence and a shelter still needs to be constructed around the incinerator before it is used.
As previously reported in the BCR and the Putnam County Record, the nation made the decision to no longer dispose of prescription drugs, forcing CPASA to look in the purchase of an incinerator to continue its program, which allows residents to dispose of their unused prescription drugs in a safe manner.
The price of the incinerator came to approximately $10,000.
Since CPASA’s formation in July 2010, it’s worked to keep unused prescription drugs off the road.
Conerton clarified how CPASA has worked hard to have the incinerator to help maintain the P2D2 program.
She said with the incinerator, CPASA will be able to keep on educating the public about the safe way to dispose of medication and remind them not to flush medication to the water supply.
“It disturbs the water supply, and we also are getting them out of cabinets to prevent them from getting into the wrong hands,” she said. “We finally have a way to really dispose of them completely.”
With the incinerator, CPASA now intends to host more collection days to help eliminate even more unused medications. He clarified the incinerator can get up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit and takes about 20 minutes to burn the material. The drugs are burnt down to a fine powder, which is bagged and taken to the landfill.
The incinerator arrived at roughly the perfect time, as Root said there is currently about 1,500 pounds of tablets to dispose of from the Bureau and Putnam counties region.
Root said CPASA intends to charge a commission to communities that don’t offer a contribution for the incinerator. The fees will help preserve the incinerator and help keep up with the purchase of diesel fuel.
CPASA is still looking for donations to help compensate for the cost of the incinerator and to help continue the job CPASA does throughout the year.
“CPASA enjoys all the donations. We would never have thought in such a short amount of time this would be a reality,” Conerton said. “This community is so amazing with their support and knowing how important it was to help. It is widespread and something that’s going to help everybody.”
CPASA is also hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 1, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Zearing Park. More details to come on the function.
advice from: http://www.bcrnews.com/2015/07/10/cpasa-success-up-in-smoke/azhjtuw/
CPASA is also hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 1, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Zearing Park. More details to come on the event.
information from: http://www.bcrnews.com/2015/07/10/cpasa-success-up-in-smoke/azhjtuw/
