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Leftover pills now creating electric power

Bob Morris, on Jul 30, 2007, 7:08 pm

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Hospitals and drugstores often have large amounts of expired and unused pills. Rather than dump them in a landfill where they could get into the water supply, Capital Returns incinerates them, creating energy in the process.

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  • http://www.asymptoticlife.com DJ

    I think it’s a great concept, but what are the byproducts of burning, say, fexofenadine?

    OTOH if they’re incinerating old oxycontin or methaqualone, perhaps the demand for downwind property would be strong!