From MI Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy <[email protected]>
Subject EGLE to host August 21st webinar on hazardous waste rule changes affecting healthcare facilities and e-cigarette retailers
Date July 28, 2025 12:01 PM
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*EGLE to host August 21st webinar on
hazardous waste rule changes affecting
healthcare facilities and e-cigarette retailers
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Register now [ [link removed] ] to join the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), on August 21st for a webinar covering recent hazardous waste rule changes [ [link removed] ] specific to:


* Healthcare facilities generating hazardous waste pharmaceuticals (HWP).
* Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDs) retailers generating unwanted ENDS. 

The new rules require existing facilities subject to, or opting into, the new rules to notify [ [link removed] ] EGLE of the facility's status using the EQP 5150 Form [ [link removed] ].  Anyone registering for the webinar will receive an email sharing the webinar recording and a copy of the presentation.  See the "*updated* "Handling Pharmaceuticals and their Containers in Healthcare [ [link removed] ] and "*new* "Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems [ [link removed] ] guidance and join us to get your questions answered.  

*August 21, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  *
*What Healthcare Facilities and E-cigarette Retailers need to know about Michigan’s new hazardous waste regulations [ [link removed] ]* 

As of *May 5, 2025*, the effective date of the new rules, pharmaceuticals can no longer be managed as a universal waste in Michigan.  The universal waste designation was rescinded as required under the federal rulemaking.  Join us for this webinar to learn who is subject, the pros and cons of opting in, how to notify, and what handling and disposal requirements must be met under the new rules. 

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*Program Questions:
*Christine Grossman:  [email protected]

*Registration Questions:*
Alana Berthold: [email protected]
Joel Roseberry: [email protected]

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*Additional Resources*

To find EGLE staff that that can help answer questions related to hazardous waste and liquid industrial by-products, please see our Local Program Staff Contact Map [ [link removed]? ].  To receive updates from EGLE on new guidance, rule changes, etc., subscribe to any of the following topics:


* Materials Management News and Updates [ [link removed] ] - General updates related to Materials Management Division programs.
* Hazardous Waste Management Program Long List [ [link removed] ] - Updates on Michigan's hazardous waste regulations.  
* Retail Environmental Initiative [ [link removed] ] - Updates on resources related to unwanted materials generated by retailers.

For more EGLE resources related to drug disposal and/or retail operations, please go to :


* Michigan.gov/EGLEDrugDisposal. [ [link removed] ]
* Michigan.gov/EGLERetail [ [link removed] ].

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