United Way of Nevada County allocates donated funds from annual fundraising campaign to qualified Nevada County non-profit human service organizations; forwards donor designated funds to non-profit health and human service organizations; collaborates with local government, education, local businesses and humans service organizations.

Programs include:

• MED-Project - program to help dispose of expired or unwanted medication, inhalers, and sharps. They are now able to provide pre-paid envelopes and sharps containers to anyone in need. Please come by our office to pick up envelopes or containers. Please note that this is NOT a medication drop-off. They do not take your items, but provide you with a safe, free option to dispose of your medical leftovers. https://uwnc.org/med-project
• Food Access Saturday - Free food distribution every Saturday at 440 Henderson Street, Grass Valley (10 AM - 1 PM). https://uwnc.org/food-access-saturday-1
• School Food Pantry - Access to healthy food beyond the…

SB1383 will commence on January 1st, 2025

Nevada County jurisdictions are working out details to implement SB1383 and inform the public. Info will be added when available and confirmed. https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/3466/Organics-Recycling

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Waste Management provides a full range of residential and commercial solid waste collection services, including curbside pick-up, curbside recycling, environmental services, dumpsters and waste and recycling receptacles. Medication disposal available at 13083 Grass Valley Ave. location.

Home-Generated Sharps - https://www.wm.com/location/california/nevada_county/recycling/hhw.jsp

• Sharps include needles, syringes, pen needles & lancets.
• It is illegal to put these items in the trash or recycling. By law they must be transported in approved biohazard sharps containers, which are sold at pharmacies.
• Accepted (only in approved biohazard containers) at the McCourtney Road Transfer Station Household Hazardous Was…

Nevada County Public Health’s health access vending (HAVEN) machines provide free and confidential county health products and services that:

• Save lives
• Prevent chronic disease
• Promote mental and physical health
• Reduce harm

All products are free and you can register for a unique pin number to access products easily online or in-person.

Products available through the vending machines include:

• Naloxone (Narcan) and fentanyl test strips
• Medication and sharps disposal kits
• Adult and children’s oral health kits
• First aid, hygiene and grooming kits (but not menstrual/period products)
• Safer sex kits
• And more

Locations of Health Access Vending (HAVEN) Machines

• Truckee - Joseph Center, 10075 Levon Avenue, Truckee, CA 96161, M-F from 8am-5pm
• Grass Valley - Commons Resource Center - 1105 Sutton Way, Grass Valley, CA 95945 - hours M,W,F from 11am-2pm. If staff available, machine is accessible M-F 8am-5pm (CRC scheduled to fully open in July 2024 https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/3810/Commons-Resource-Ce…

Health and Wellness Division Programs

• Alcohol and drug use prevention education
• CalFresh healthy living
• Emergency Preparedness & Planning
• Oral health program
• Suicide prevention education
• Tobacco use prevention
• WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program

Mental Health Matters Nevada County is a website for learning about mental health services and suicide prevention resources. It was created by Nevada County Public Health and Nevada County Behavioral Health.

Let’s Talk Nevada County is a campaign to promote awareness of wellness strategies and resources and encourage conversations about how we’re feeling during times of stress. It was started during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/678/Healthy-Community-Programs
• Prescription Drug Take Back info - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/683/Prescription-Drug-Take-Back
• Mental Health Matters Nevada County - https://mentalhealthmattersnc.com/
  
• Let's Talk Nevada County - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/2965/Lets-T…

Nevada County Public Health Department can help you keep drugs out of reach of kids and protect our water supply by properly disposing of your prescription medications.

In addition to permanent drop-off sites, there are periodic "Prescription Drug Take-Back Days," which are free events hosted by local law enforcement and the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) to give our community safe and convenient ways to drop off expired or unused prescription drugs.

Take back days depend on funding being available.

NCPHD has info about drop off locations and locations where people can pick up mail in envelopes for pills, inhalers, and sharps.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/586/Clinics
• Drop Off Locations (And More) - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/683/Prescription-Drug-Take-Back

This is a Ready to Grow (R2G) resource. Ready to Grow is a First 5 Nevada County program to connect children 0-5 with services and information that support their well-being. Organizations with program…

Waste Management provides a variety of waste services including refuse, comprehensive recycling, hazardous waste removal, and reuse rooms.  

McCourtney Road Transfer Station provides buyback of CRV recyclables Wed-Sun, 8am-3:30pm. 

Web pages

• Home (for WM in Nevada County) -https://www.wm.com/location/california/nevada_county/index.jsp

• Nevada County WM Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NevadaCountyWM/

• Locations -https://www.wm.com/location/california/nevada_county/locations/index.jsp

• Recycling Facilities in Nevada County -https://nevcounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=f10e226a5cb3481686796b5a05367e0e

Recology Auburn Placer provides residential and commercial yard waste, recycling, and garbage collection to the communities of Auburn, Colfax, Rocklin, the Town of Loomis, and Unincorporated Placer County. The City of Roseville has its own waste services division. The City of Lincoln is served by Waste Management, Inc.

Sharps

All sharps waste must be transported to a collection center in an approved sharps container. Home-generated sharps waste includes hypodermic needles, syringes, and lancets that are used for medical purposes. Sharps in approved biohazard containers can be brought to the Recology Auburn Placer Transfer Station for safe disposal.

Visit the Placer-Nevada Rx Drug Safety Coalition for additional free year-round medical drop-off sites.

Sharps Mail-Back Service
Visit CalRecycle for a list of companies that are authorized to provide sharps waste mail-back services in California.

Web pages

• Main website - https://www.recology.com/recology-auburn-placer/
• Locations & Contact inf…

The Placer-Nevada Rx Drug Safety Coalition provides naloxone and information about locations for safe prescription drug medication disposal. Contact them directly for current info.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.scmfoundation.org/Programs/Rx-Drug-Safety
• Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS) California Drug Take-Back Program - www.dontrushtoflush.org

Western Placer Waste Management Authority (WPWMA) provides access to:

• Waste Disposal
• Household Hazardous Waste
• Recycling Buyback

And works with contractors to provide these services:

• Recycling drop-off & buy-back
• Compost sales
• Commercial hazardous waste disposal
  
  

Web pages

• Home - https://www.wpwma.ca.gov/
• Medical sharps disposal -https://wpwma.ca.gov/placer-recycles/sharps-keep-them-out/
• Contact -https://wpwma.ca.gov/about-us/contact-us/

The City of Roseville's Waste Services Division provides weekly collection for nearly 50,000 residential homes and over 1,500 commercial customers.

​Web pages

• Home - https://www.roseville.ca.us/government/departments/environmental_utilities/at_your_service/trash_and_green_waste#:~:text=The%20City%20of%20Roseville's%20Waste,recycling%2C%20and%20green%20waste%20annually.
• Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Locations - https://wpwma.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Placer-Recycles_Resident-HHW_9.22_WPWMA-site.pdf