Verde Environmental Technologies Inc was founded in order to develop, produce and market a line of patented drug deactivation products sold under the registered trademark names of ContraPatch and MedsAway. Theses products are able to deactivate dangerous drugs by the user/provider/consumer at the point of use, thus rendering the drugs virtually inactive and ready for safe and clean disposal. This product line is able to address the key social issues of prescription drug abuse and environmental contamination. Both products incorporate a proprietary carbon adsorptive technology to at-source inactivate residual unwanted active pharmaceutical ingredients in tablets, capsules and patches, making them safe for disposal in an environmentally responsible manner. Activated carbon is considered to be a universal adsorbent, due to its affinity for organic compounds. Pharmaceutical molecules and toxins bind to activated carbon through intermolecular forces and pharmaceuticals that are bound to the activated carbon will no longer be mobile nor physiologically active (e.g. deactivated). Activated carbon has been frequently administered to patients for the treatment of acute overdose and poisoning in emergency situations and has been found to effectively bind a wide variety of drugs and poisons with a few notable exceptions (e.g. iron, lithium, potassium, and ethanol). The Medsaway Medication Disposal Systems are comprised of pouches containing a deactivating agent. Drugs are placed inside, water is added, and the product is sealed. By chemical adsorption over time, the active pharmaceutical product becomes insoluble and inactive. Laboratory studies of the Medsaway Pouch has shown an average of 98.7% of nine model drugs were found to be deactivated. ContraPatch and MedsAway have market opportunities in direct sales to pharmaceutical companies as well as traditional retail distribution channels. Other areas of focus are at-home healthcare/hospice care, law enforcement and crime prevention programs and other anti-drug abuse and environmental advocacy groups.
