City of Vancouver issued the following announcement.
On Saturday October 24, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., there will be four locations in Clark County where unused and expired prescription and over-the-counter medication can be dropped off for safe FREE disposal. Participants will remain in their vehicle and use a drive-thru process to dispose of unwanted and expired medications (including pet medications) as well as vaping devices and e-cigarettes without batteries. All event sites will follow appropriate COVID-19 safety guidelines for social distancing, face coverings, sanitizing and disinfecting.
Drug Take Back Event locations:
- *NEW SITE* Kaiser Permanente Orchards 7101 NE 137th Ave., Vancouver
- PeaceHealth Southwest Urgent Care, 33rd & Main (South Back Lot), Vancouver
- Battle Ground Police Department, 507 SW 1st St., Battle Ground
- Washougal Silver Star Search & Rescue, 1220 A St., Washougal
Vaping devices and e-cigarettes without batteries will be accepted for free safe disposal at all four event sites. If batteries aren’t removable, check with electronic chain stores to ask if they accept these devices for proper disposal or contact your local Hazardous Material Transfer Stations to ask if they accept these devices and for additional guidance on proper disposal.
Please note that sharps and syringes will ONLY be accepted for disposal at the PeaceHealth Southwest Urgent Care event site located at 33rd & Main (South Back Lot) in downtown Vancouver.
Due to COVID-19, over the past few months some local medication disposal sites have been temporarily closed. For more information about free year-round medication disposal locations in Clark and Skamania counties visit: https://www.preventcoalition.org/resources/meds/.
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