Episode 11 - Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal with Sara Hanning

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PSNZ - Pharmacy in Focus

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Episode 11 - Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal with Sara Hanning

PSNZ - Pharmacy in Focus

24 minutes 23 seconds

3 years ago

Episode 11 - Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal with Sara Hanning

Over 3000kg of pharmaceutical waste was returned to pharmacies in September 2020.

How are these unused or expired medicine, foils, sachets, and devices disposed of? What is the environmental impact of this?

In this episode Shirena Vasan will be talking to Sara Hanning who has started researching pharmaceutical waste management and minimisation strategies. Find out about this research, what pharmaceutical waste was found in 12 pharmaceutical waste bins, what contents surprised the researchers, and what NZ research is being undertaken into alternative disposal processes.