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They kept the traffic flowing in Milwaukee as more than 2,000 people dropped off unused medications during an Earth Day 2008 project to properly dispose unwanted pharmaceuticals.Milwaukee residents turned in 3.5 tons of pharmaceuticals during the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day ChallengeOver 7,000 pounds of pharmaceuticals were turned by the public in only four hours during the Milwaukee area's Medicine Collection Day on Saturday, April 19, 2008.The third annual pharmaceutical collection was again organized by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD).Organizers handed out fliers and took a survey.Named "A prescription for clean water and safe kids," unused medication collection sites were set up in Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, and Washington Counties.Pharmacists and police officers worked at all the challenge pharmaceutical collections.Milwaukee was one of 100 EPA challenge projects in 8 states in the Great Lakes basin.The event helps protect Lake Michigan, other lakes/streams plus prevents childhood poisonings, and reduce substance abuse.Pharmaceuticals were destroyed in state-of-the-art EPA-approved incinerators.Organizers say you should never flush or pour old medicine down the drain because many wastewater treatment plants are not designed to remove the chemicals - that are returning to lakes and rivers - and end up in your tap water.Law enforcement destroyed narcotic pain killers, cough syrup with codeine, and tranquilizers.Medications incinerated include blood pressure medicine, aspirin, and cholesterol medication.The medicine collection program thanks its partners who make the annual event possible.Partners include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Milwaukee Police, Milwaukee Brewers, City of Milwaukee, Aurora Pharmacy, Columbia St. Mary's, City of Racine, Racine Police Department, Burlington Police Department, Western Racine County Health Department, Caledonia/Mt. Pleasant Health Department, Ozaukee County Public Health Department, Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Village of Saukville, Washington County, Washington County Sheriff's Department, and City of West Bend Sewer Utility.For more info 414-225-2077.The EPA awarded grants to numerous challenge cities including Milwaukee.A second Milwaukee project connected to the challenge involved the public turning in nearly 32 tons of electronics on April 26, 2008.The e-waste collection was organized by the Milwaukee Department of Public Works (DPW).Averaging three cars per minute, over 706 vehicles dropped off electronics at the collection site near the Italian Community Center and the Summerfest Grounds.More than two thirds of the collection involved computers and related equipment.The DPW collected 643 computer monitors weighing over ten tons, 338 televisions weighing over 5 tons; over 7 tons of personal computers and nearly 5 tons of computer printersEvent partners included the U.S. EPA, Milwaukee DPW, Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful, the Italian Community Center, Midwest Computer Recyclers & WISN-TV.The EPA Challenge goal was collecting/recycling one million pounds of electronics plus the collection/proper disposal of one million pills. That goal was exceeded by 400-500 percent.The Earth Healing Initiative offered interfaith liaisons to volunteer & encourage members of local churches and temples to participate in the Earth Day related events in their area.Earth Healing liaison Rev. Brad Brown, campus pastor for Marquette University Lutheran Campus Ministry, distributed 5,000 fliers for the medicine collection.This video was made possible by a grant from the US EPA in collaboration with the EPA Region 5 office in Chicago the EPA Great Lakes national Program Office in Chicago with the non-profit Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative in Marquette,MI.The EHI involves American Indian tribes and a coalition of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal protect and defend the environment.Milwaukee Metro Sewerage DistrictSteve Jacquart414-225-2138MMSDhttp://www.mmsd.comMilwaukee Dept of Public WorksRick Meyers414-286-2334http://www.mpw.netEPA Region 5 Office ChicagoBharat Mathur, EPA Deputy Regional Admin.312-886-3000http://www.epa.gov/region5/aboutr5/or...Susan Boehme, PhDCoastal Sediment Specialist Illinois-Indiana Sea GrantLiaison to U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office http://www.iisgcp.org
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