Avoid the Spark: Be Battery Safety Smart

Hazardous Waste, Tips

Batteries cannot go in the recycling, trash or compost carts! Multiple times in the past few years, misplaced batteries have started fires at our facilities and in our trucks. Luckily they were put out quickly, but fires from lithium ion batteries – the ones in your...

Household-Generated Battery Drop-off Sites

Hazardous Waste, Tips

Tape the positive (+) terminal on your batteries before dropping off. Return cell phones and their batteries to any store they are sold. Locations: All locations accept rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries. Find out more about recycling batteries here.  Ace...

Fentanyl Awareness

Community, Hazardous Waste

Think you or your loved ones are safe from illicit fentanyl? Illicit fentanyl is showing up in fake prescription pills and other street drugs Many people lost to fentanyl poisoning were unaware it was present in the substance they took Knowing the signs of an opioid...

Rebates for Thermostats

Hazardous Waste, How-to

$30 REBATE per mercury thermostat from ThermostatCare 3 Easy Steps: Bag it: Place your mercury thermostat in a sealed plastic bag Drop it off: Napa-Vallejo Household Hazardous Waste Facility 889A Devlin Road, American Canyon Friday & Saturday, 9am–4pm (707)...

Got Drugs?

Community, Events, Hazardous Waste

En Español NO DRUGS DOWN THE DRAIN! NO SHARPS IN THE TRASH OR RECYCLING! Turn in your unused or expired medication, as well as any medical sharps! We offer the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous,...

Smoke Detectors Now Accepted At Hazardous Waste Facility

Hazardous Waste

Replacing your smoke detectors? Many smoke detectors contain a trace amount of radioactive material— they are NOT accepted in the garbage or recycling. They are hazardous waste.  The good news is that smoke detectors are now accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste...