CPASA Achievement: Up in smoke
She confirmed the company managed to use money from its reserves to help with the purchase. However, CPASA is still looking for donations to help make up the cost and to help with the maintenance of equipment.
The incinerator is located in the Princeton Police Department. A weapon and a shelter still has to be built around the incinerator before it is used.
As previously mentioned from the BCR and the Putnam County Record, the nation made the decision to no longer eliminate prescription drugs, forcing CPASA to check into purchasing an incinerator to keep its own program, which allows citizens to dispose of their unused prescription medications in a secure manner.
The Price of this incinerator came to around $10,000.
Considering that CPASA’s creation in July 2010, it’s worked to keep unused prescription drugs from the street. Since September 2014, the program has collected and disposed of around 7,235 pounds of drugs.
Conerton explained how CPASA has worked hard to acquire the incinerator to help maintain the P2D2 program.
She said with all the incinerator, CPASA is going to be able to keep on educating the general public concerning the safe method to eliminate drugs and remind them not to flush medication into the water supply.
“It disturbs the water supply, and we are getting them from cabinets to stop them from getting into the incorrect hands,” she said. “We now have a means to actually eliminate them ”
Together with the incinerator, CPASA now plans to sponsor more assortment days to help eliminate even more biodegradable drugs. He explained the incinerator could get around 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit and takes approximately 20 minutes to burn down the material. The drugs are burnt down into a fine powder, which can be bagged and brought to the landfill.
The incinerator came at about the ideal time, as Root said there’s now about 1,500 pounds of pills to remove from the Bureau and Putnam counties region.
Root said CPASA intends to charge a commission to communities that do not provide a contribution for your incinerator. The fees will help maintain the incinerator and help keep up with the purchase of diesel fuel.
CPASA is still looking for donations to help make up for the total cost of the incinerator and also to help continue the job CPASA does throughout the year.
“CPASA appreciates all of the gifts. We’d never have thought in such a short amount of time this would be a fact,” Conerton said. “This community is so awesome with their support and knowing how important it had been to provide help. It’s widespread and something that’s going to help everyone.”
CPASA can also be hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 1, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Zearing Park. More details to come in the event.
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CPASA is also hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 1, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Zearing Park. More details to come on the event.
information from: http://www.bcrnews.com/2015/07/10/cpasa-success-up-in-smoke/azhjtuw/
