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Committee backs technical updates to San Francisco's drug‑disposal stewardship ordinance
Summary
The committee heard a technical presentation from San Francisco Environment on updates to the city's Safe Drug Disposal Stewardship Ordinance, covering disposal‑facility compliance, annual reporting, and producer disclosure; staff emphasized DEA constraints requiring collected drugs to be incinerated and proposed more mail‑in sites and collection events to address gaps in kiosk coverage.
San Francisco Environment staff presented technical amendments to the city’s Safe Drug Disposal Stewardship Ordinance (file referenced in testimony as 2023‑0156), which governs producer‑funded collection and disposal programs. Joseph Piasecki, policy and public affairs coordinator, summarized the program's scope — stewardship organizations Inmar Intelligence and Med Project operate 62 drop‑off kiosks and ~203 mail‑back sites that together provide roughly…
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