Pharmaceutical waste regulations complicate disposal
Ambulatory Quality and Compliance Insider, June 1, 2009
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If your brain starts spinning every time you must throw away pharmaceutical waste, don’t worry; you’re not alone.
In 1976, Congress enacted the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), authorizing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations to control the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste.
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