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…

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July 2022 update on SB1383 & AB1826
Food waste collection service for businesses and residences in Nevada County, Grass Valley and Nevada City is on the way. Until announced, keep putting your food waste in your trash, and keep it out of the green waste cart!

California State Laws SB1383 & AB1826 require collection of organic materials such as food scraps, and food-spoiled paper in addition to landscape trimmings. Nevada County currently does not have the infrastructure to support these laws at the scale needed until the transfer station update project is completed. Food diversion updates will be provided by WM of Nevada County and your local government.

If you would like to practice food diversion now, donate unopened edible food to community food banks and start composting in your yard or find a farmer to give your scraps to.
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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

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/