API
Active pharmaceutical ingredients
CPR
Collective producer responsibility
CSO
Combined Sewer Overflow
DEA
US Drug Enforcement Administration
EPR
Extended Producer Responsibility
FDA
US Food and Drug Administration
HPSA
Health Products Stewardship Association Canada
IPR
Individual Producer Responsibility
MSW
Municipal Solid Waste
NatRUM
Australian National Return of Unused Medicines scheme
OTC
Over-the-counter drugs
PANS
Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia
PRO
Producer Responsibility Organization
SAMHSA
US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
UBA
Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency)
UEM
Unused or expired medicines
USD
US Dollar
WWTP
Wastewater treatment plants