Russian River Watershed Association








			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