Evaluation of the National Return of unwanted medicines (RUM) program in Australia: a study protocol

Table 1 Selection of RUM bins required for audit^a

State/territory	Average number of pallet collections per month	Average number of bin collections per month	Percentage of bins (%)	Number of bins to be audited
Australian Capital Territory	2	96	0.8	3
New South Wales	79	3792	30.4	113
Northern Territory	2	96	0.8	3
Queensland	48	2304	18.5	69
South Australia	37	1776	14.2	53
Tasmania	4	192	1.5	6
Victoria	68	3264	26.2	97
Western Australia (including Christmas Island)	20	960	7.7	29
TOTAL	260	12,480	100	373

^a Pellet Collections by region (first six months of 2015/2016): National data (excluding Western Australia) provided by NatRUM Limited. Data for Western Australia provided by the Western Australia Incineration Site

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