2020 MED-Project Annual Report County of Alameda, California Unwanted Medicine March 1, 2021 Revised April 1, 2021
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2020 MED-Project Annual Report County of Alameda, California Unwanted Medicine March 1, 2021 Revised April 1, 2021 Prepared By: MED-Project LLC Submitted To: Alameda County Department of Environmental Health Table of Contents I. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................... 4 II. Participating Producers ........................................................................................................ 5 III. Collection Method and Weight ........................................................................................... 5 A. Kiosks .................................................................................................................................... 5 B. Mail-Back Packages ................................................................................................................. 5 C. Take-Back Events ................................................................................................................... 5 D. Total Weight of Collected Unwanted Medicine ........................................................................... 5 IV. Kiosk Drop-Off Locations, Mail-Back Distribution, and Take-Back Events ......................... 6 A. Kiosk Drop-Off Locations ......................................................................................................... 6 B. Mail-Back Package Distribution Locations .................................................................................. 6 C. Number of Mail-Back Packages Provided to Home-Bound and Under Served Residents ................ 6 D. Take-Back Events ................................................................................................................... 6 V. Disposal Information ............................................................................................................ 6 A. Disposal Facility Information .................................................................................................... 6 VI. Compliance with Plan Policies ............................................................................................. 7 VII. Safety and Security Report ................................................................................................ 7 VIII. Educational Efforts and Public Outreach .......................................................................... 7 A. Public Education Activities ....................................................................................................... 7 B. Outreach Activities .................................................................................................................. 7 C. Evaluation Activities ................................................................................................................ 8 IX. Program Goals ..................................................................................................................... 8 A. Collection Goals ...................................................................................................................... 8 B. Education and Public Outreach Goals ....................................................................................... 9 C. Collector Outreach .................................................................................................................. 9 Appendix A .............................................................................................................................. 12 List of Participating Producers ...................................................................................................... 12 Appendix B .............................................................................................................................. 33 Kiosk Drop-Off Site Locations ....................................................................................................... 33 Collection Point Collected Unwanted Products by Weight and Pick-Ups ........................................... 37 Appendix C .............................................................................................................................. 40 Mail-Back Packages Distributed Directly to Residents ..................................................................... 40 Appendix D .............................................................................................................................. 41 Take-Back Events ....................................................................................................................... 41 Appendix E .............................................................................................................................. 42 Disposal Facilities ........................................................................................................................ 42 Appendix F............................................................................................................................... 43 Plan Deviation Report .................................................................................................................. 43 Appendix G .............................................................................................................................. 45 Safety and Security Report .......................................................................................................... 45 Appendix H .............................................................................................................................. 46 MED-Project Brochure and Posters ............................................................................................... 46 2 Appendix I ............................................................................................................................... 61 MED-Project Website Pages ......................................................................................................... 61 Appendix J ............................................................................................................................... 70 MED-Project Website Statistics ..................................................................................................... 70 Appendix K .............................................................................................................................. 71 Brochure and Poster Distribution .................................................................................................. 71 Appendix L ............................................................................................................................... 72 Social Media and Promotion Activity ............................................................................................. 72 Social Media Posts ....................................................................................................................... 72 Email Blast Activity ...................................................................................................................... 78 Appendix M.............................................................................................................................. 79 Media Outreach Summary ........................................................................................................... 79 3 I. Executive Summary Regulations Sec. 15.C.i. “The purpose of the Executive Summary is to provide a broad understanding of the Plan as a whole and content for the data and information that will follow. This Summary should include a brief description of collection and disposal efforts during the reporting period. The executive summary should also include a description of proposals to improve collection efforts and challenges encountered during the reporting period, and how they will be addressed. (Security issues must be addressed separately as set forth below.)” MED-Project LLC (“MED-Project”) operates a Product Stewardship Plan for Unwanted Medicine from Households (“Plan”) in the County of Alameda (“Jurisdiction”) under the Alameda County General Ordinance Code, Chapter 6.53, the Alameda County Safe Drug Disposal Ordinance (“Ordinance”) and the Alameda County Safe Drug Disposal Regulations (“Regulations”). This 2020 County of Alameda Annual Report (“Report”) describes the activities of MED-Project between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020 (“Reporting Period”) in compliance with Ordinance Section 6.53.080. All capitalized terminology not defined in this Report is derived from the approved Plan dated February 15, 2019 and amended March 27, 2019. A notice of temporary closure of a disposal facility was sent on October 4, 2019, informing the Jurisdiction of the alternative disposal facilities to be used during the facility’s maintenance closure. On February 29, 2020, MED-Project sent notice of the resumption of operations at the disposal facility and that MED-Project was again disposing of Unwanted Medicine at the disposal facility. MED-Project sent to the Jurisdiction an initial COVID-19 response notification on March 17, 2020, and a second COVID-19 response notification with additional information on March 26, 2020. On April 15, 2020, MED-Project provided a third COVID-19 response notification, including then-current information on restricted access to sites. On July 16, 2020 MED-Project provided a fourth COVID-19 response notification, including then-current information on restricted access to sites. On November 13, 2020, MED-Project submitted a fifth COVID-19