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

• Waste Disposal
• Household Hazardous Waste
• Recycling Buyback

WPWMA works with a contractor to provide these services:

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

Questions? Call 916-543-3960

Web pages

• WPWMA -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/

Don’t Rush to Flush program of the California Product Stewardship Council has the goal of increasing the appropriate disposal of unwanted medicines, including prescription drugs, across the state of California.


Web pages

• Home -  https://www.dontrushtoflush.org/

The DEA's Diversion Control Division oversees periodic National Prescription Drug Take Back Days in collaboration with local partners.

https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/index.html

It also provides a prescription medication disposal location lookup tool.
https://apps2.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubdispsearch/spring/main?execution=e2s1

2023 NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY
Saturday, October 28, 2023 from 10am-2pm

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Info below is from prior years...no Western Nevada County events for 2023.
Nevada County
Grass Valley: Corner of Neal Street and South Auburn Street Across from Safeway
Nevada City: Eric Rood Government Center located at 950 Maidu Ave
Penn Valley: 17422 Penn Valley Drive (Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Substation)
Auburn: 10596 Combie Road (NCSO Substation)
Truckee: 11290 Donner Pass Rd (Safeway parking lot)

ACCEPTABLE
▪ PRESCRIPTIONS  ▪ OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS ▪ VETERINARY MEDICATIONS ▪ NOW ACCEPTING VAPING DEVICES AND CARTR… [read more]

MED-Project provides different types of medication Mail-Back Packages at no charge to residents.

See web page for lists of accepted medicine, sharps, and inhalers.

People complete a web form to request a pre-paid, pre-addressed mail-back package. Instructions for disposal will be provided with all mail-back services. Please submit separate forms for each type of mail-back package.

To protect your privacy, patients are reminded to remove all personally identifiable information on medication labels or packaging before disposing of unwanted medicine.

Home healthcare professionals providing services to residents may also request a Mail-Back Package on their behalf.

Web pages from above with visible url links

• Home - https://med-project.org/
• Mail back services & lists of accepted medications, sharps, and inhalers - https://med-project.org/locations/california/meds/mail-services-for-disposal/
• FAQs - https://med-project.org/locations/california/meds/faq/