Stericycle partners with National Safety Council to combat opioid crisis

Stericycle, a company focused on providing essential highly specialized compliance-based solutions has partnered with the National Safety Council. The Chicago-based company will be the exclusive medical disposal partner for the “Stop Everyday Killers” national education campaign addressing the opioid epidemic.   

“Our nation is in the midst of the worst drug crisis in recorded history, but we know there are things we can do to save lives,” Deborah A.P. Hersman, president and CEO of the National Safety Council, said. “The campaign honors those who have been lost to this epidemic while also offering hope and empowering visitors to take action. One of the simplest things they can do is clean out their medicine cabinets, and Stericycle is making that much easier. We are proud to collaborate with them on this important issue.”

Launched in Chicago, the “Stop Everyday Killers” campaign unveiled the interactive art installation titled, Prescribed to Death: A Memorial to the Victims of the Opioid Crisis. A wall made of medicine pills, each individually carved with imaged of the 22,000 people who died within the last year due to prescription overdoses will be featured. Additionally, a new pill bearing a human face will be 3D printed on the site and added to the wall every 24 minutes to represent someone dying every 24 minutes from an opioid overdose.

“We are pleased to work with the National Safety Council on this incredible campaign and hope it will shine a light on our country’s opioid crisis as well as the options to help combat the problem,” Charles A. Alutto, president and chief executive officer of Stericycle said. 

Stericycle will be providing complimentary Seal&Send medication disposal envelopes to everyone who visits the memorial to ease the process of returning unused pills. As part of the industry’s most comprehensive pharmaceutical disposal program, Stericycle’s Seal&Send Envelopes are a safe, reliable and anonymous method to easily mail unused medicines for disposal.