Law360, New York (July 2, 2015, 4:31 PM EDT) -- Several relatively recent environmental developments related to the disposing of pharmaceutical products (including veterinary drugs) may impact various segments of the health care industry. Simply put, health care facilities, retailers of pharmaceutical products and even individual consumers may discard drugs that are accidentally spilled or are unused (either by flushing them down a drain or throwing them into the garbage). A discarded drug is considered to be hazardous waste when it meets one of the federal criteria (e.g., if it is flammable, corrosive or reactive; leaches certain toxic chemicals above regulatory limits; or is otherwise hazardous). Thus, regulators continue (and have intensified) efforts to minimize the release of this pharmaceutical waste using hazardous waste disposal regulation and the laws governing discharges into sewage treatment systems. As a result, the health care industry may need to adopt new methods to track and dispose of this waste....
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