Michigan Earth Day Pharmaceutical Collection: Third Annual Earth Keeper Clean Sweep Targets All Medicines

Michigan Earth Day 2007 Pharmaceutical Clean Sweep on Saturday April 21, 2007 across the Upper Peninsula: out-of-date and unwanted medicines of all kinds will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 12 noon local time at each of the two dozen free drop off sites across northern Michigan.In 2006, over 320 tons of electronic waste (old/broken computers, cell phones etc.) were dropped off in just three hours by an estimated 10,000 U.P. residents. All items were recycled.In 2005, the first clean sweep collected 45 tons of household poisons and vehicle batteries. The hazardous waste, including over two pounds of raw liquid mercury, were properly disposed.The third annual Earth Keeper Clean Sweep is again sponsored by nine U.P. faith communities with 130,000 members (40 percent of U.P. residents), the Superior Watershed Partnership, the Cedar Tree Institute, and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community.The project involves the congregations of over 120 churches and temples representing nine faith communities (Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, United Methodist Church, Unitarian Universalist, Baha'i, Jewish, and Zen Buddhist).The Superior Watershed Partnershipwww.superiorwatersheds.org (PRWeb Apr 4, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SW5zZS1GYWx1LVByb2YtRmFsdS1NYWduLVplcm8=  Read More »