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EPA, Bay County Executive Tom Hickner and Bay City Mayor Charles Brunner to kick off Earth Week Collections at 1 p.m. Wednesday

Release Date: 04/14/2008
Contact Information: (EPA) Karen Thompson, 312-353-8547, thompson.karen@epa.gov (Bay County) Dominic Smith, 989-895-2027, smithd@baycounty.net (Bay County) Joel Strasz, 989-895-6151, straszj@baycounty.net

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 08-OPA064

PRESS CONFERENCE INVITATION
EPA, Bay County Executive Tom Hickner and Bay City Mayor Charles Brunner to kick off Earth Week Collections at 1 p.m. Wednesday

(Chicago, Ill. - April 15, 2008) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Land and Chemicals Division Director Margaret Guerriero will join Bay County Executive Tom Hickner, Bay County Board of Commissioners Chairman Patrick Beson and Bay City Mayor Charles Brunner for a 1 p.m. media briefing on April 16th at the Lincoln Center, located at 820 South Lincoln in Bay City. This media briefing is called to encourage local participation in EPA's Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge and local collection events.

Kurt Miller, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Bay Regional Medical Center and Christopher Girard, President and CEO of Do-All, Inc., along with Joel Strasz, Public Health Services Manager for the Bay County Public Health Department, will also participate.

EPA is collaborating on medication and electronic waste collection events with more than 70 organizations, communities and businesses across the Great Lakes basin.

Expired and unused medication will be collected for environmentally safe disposal on April 23rd from 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at Bay Regional Medical Center's Lincoln Center. An electronic waste collection will begin on Monday April 21st and last until Friday, April 25th at Do-All Inc.'s Essexville location, "The Cat's Meow".

The Great Lakes are the largest source of fresh drinking water on earth and vital to commerce and recreation. Responsible disposal of unwanted medication will prevent contaminants from polluting the Great Lakes basin.

RSVP: Dominic Smith, 989-895-2027 or smithd@baycounty.net

Find more information at https://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/earthday2008

Also, anyone can go to EPA's blog and share ideas: http://flowoftheriver.epa.gov/greatlakeschallenge