Document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0932-0200
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2015-09-25T04:00Z

Notes from Site Visit to Walmart
                                       
                                       
Attended by:
Walmart Staff:		Mike Stephenson and others

RILA Staff:		Ben Hobbs, Kelly Cole, Adam Siegel

Others:		staff from Advance Auto and Lowe's

EPA Staff:	Kristin Fitzgerald, Jessica Young, Jamie Piziali, Richard Huggins, Tiffany Kollar, Priscilla Halloran, Dave Nicholas, Jim O'Leary

Date:			January 18, 2012

EPA staff toured a Walmart store and pharmacy in Virginia.  

Non-pharmacy:  Walmart uses color-coded bins to segregate their waste streams.  They use a third party information system to aid in their hazardous waste determinations.

Pharmacy:  Walmart uses color-coded bins to segregate their waste streams.  They use a third party for reverse distribution of its pharmaceuticals.  The largest bottle we observed stocked in the pharmacy contained 500 pills.