Have you noticed the waters in Lake Waco? The water is all murky and nasty. Why? The cause is something you would never expect. Pharmaceuticals and typical household waste, like paint and other things found in your garage. When you throw your pills in the sink, you are harming the environment! The pharmaceuticals pass through the water treatment plant, but they are not filtered out due to lack of equipment. The City of Waco currently is using 1.5 million dollars on upgrading the filters. Pharmaceutical pollution doesn't seem to be harming humans yet, but evidence from the impact on aquatic life suggests that might change. Pharmaceuticals and other household waste products impact water quality, aquatic life, and ecosystems. We need to take action to prevent this. There already are Drug Take Back Stations, where people drop of their unused medications at central locations. This not only prevents drugs from entering the water through sewer canals, but it also prevents it from being abused. This is a great solution, but how would you feel if I told you that we have come up with something even better and easier! Our Solution: An Orange Trash Can. We already have a blue, green, and brown/black. Why not add an orange trash can to dispose of your pharmaceuticals and household waste. You don't have to go to a drop-off site anymore. You just put in your orange trash can. This allows you to stay at home, and you just bring the trash can outside with all your other trash cans on Monday morning. Simple, right? Our goal is to reduce the amount of pharmaceuticals and household waste in Lake Waco by creating orange disposal cans for residents to properly dispose of these items. We will work with the City of Waco to provide these bins to every house and inform citizens of what and how to dispose of your pharmaceuticals and household waste. We need your help to make a change. Plus, if you don't do it, who will?
