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Are unused and expired medications filling up your medicine cabinet? Don’t flush them down the drain or throw them in the trash. Help protect your family and the environment by taking your unwanted medication to a participating take-back location.
Why is this a problem?
Recent studies show that pharmaceuticals in rivers and streams, if present at high enough concentrations, can harm aquatic wildlife. When flushed down the drain, some medications are not completely removed by wastewater treatment plants and are discharged to surface waters. Proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals can help protect the environment.
RRWA Safe Medicine Disposal Program
To address this issue the RRWA is partnering with local agencies, pharmacies and law enforcement offices to provide safe medicine disposal locations in the Russian River Watershed.
How to participate:
- Bring unwanted medication to a participating location for safe disposal during business hours. (Please, no ointments or liquids.)
- Remove medication from containers and deposit in the disposal bin. Locations in stores will be near the pharmacy.
- Any controlled substances must be taken to police stations; they cannot be accepted at pharmacies.
Drop off locations:
Cloverdale
Cloverdale Pharmacy
117 Broad St.
Cloverdale
707-894-4414
Healdsburg
Longs Drugs
455 Center St.
Healdsburg
707-433-3357
Healdsburg Police Department
238 Center St.
Healdsburg
707-431-3377
Ukiah
Walgreens
630 E. Perkins St.
Ukiah
707-462-1291
Windsor
Health First
9070 Windsor Rd.
Windsor
707-837-7948
Longs Drugs
9030 Brooks Rd. South
Windsor
707-837-8868
Mendocino County
The Mendocino Solid Waste Management Authority accepts unused medicine through their HazMobile Program. (www.mendorecycle.org/haz.html)
Sonoma County
The Sonoma County Waste Management Agency accepts unused medicine at their household toxics facility and through their toxics rover pick up program. (www.recyclenow.org/r_householdtoxics.html)
Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Rohnert Park and Cotati
For locations in Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Rohnert Park and Cotati visit: City of Santa Rosa Safe Medicine Disposal Program
Sonoma and Guerneville
For locations in Sonoma and Guerneville visit: www.scwa.ca.gov/projects/safe_meds.php
Other parts of the Bay Area and Californina
To find locations in other parts of the Bay Area and Californina go to: No Drugs Down the Drain
Program Partners:
City of Cloverdale
City of Healdsburg
Mendocino Solid Waste Management Authority
City of Santa Rosa
Sonoma County Water Agency
Sonoma County Waste Management Agency
City of Ukiah
Town of Windsor
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