All Outputs (2)

Household disposal of pharmaceuticals: Attitudes and risk perception in a UK sample (2022)
Journal Article
Watkins, S., Barnett, J., Standage, M., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., & Barden, R. (2022). Household disposal of pharmaceuticals: Attitudes and risk perception in a UK sample. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 24(6), 2455-2469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-022-01494-7

Pharmaceuticals can enter the environment through disposal in toilets, sinks and general waste. In the UK, household medicines are correctly disposed of by returning them to a pharmacy. This study examined household patterns of medicine waste, storag... Read More about Household disposal of pharmaceuticals: Attitudes and risk perception in a UK sample.

Diagnosing down-the-drain disposal of unused pharmaceuticals at a river catchment level: Unrecognized sources of environmental contamination that require nontechnological solutions (2021)
Journal Article
Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Proctor, K., Jagadeesan, K., Watkins, S., Standerwick, R., Barden, R., & Barnett, J. (2021). Diagnosing down-the-drain disposal of unused pharmaceuticals at a river catchment level: Unrecognized sources of environmental contamination that require nontechnological solutions. Environmental Science and Technology, 55(17), 11657-11666. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c01274

Down-the-drain disposal of pharmaceuticals remains an overlooked and unrecognized source of environmental contamination that requires nontechnological “at-source” solutions. Monitoring of 31 pharmaceuticals over 7 days in five wastewater treatment pl... Read More about Diagnosing down-the-drain disposal of unused pharmaceuticals at a river catchment level: Unrecognized sources of environmental contamination that require nontechnological solutions.