Safe Waste Disposal: Medicine

San Mateo County now has over 50 medicine disposal locations available for residents to dispose of medicine safely. By taking your unwanted or expired medicine to one of the convenient kiosks listed below, you are protecting the environment, preventing overdoses and errors, and helping keep drugs away from kids and teens.

General information May 3, 2016

Safe Medicine Disposal Ordinance

The Safe Medicine Disposal Ordinance went into effect on May 28, 2015. Using an extended producer responsibility model, the Ordinance requires medicine producers who manufacture prescription or over-the-counter medicines offered for sale in San Mateo County to design, develop, and fund a medicine collection and disposal program for unwanted medicine from residents. The County provides oversight to ensure that the Program meets the needs of the community and adheres to the Ordinance.

Wholesaler Submittal Template
5/27/2016 MED-Project Product Stewardship Plan
8/26/2016 Revised MED-Project Product Stewardship Plan
MED-Project Medication Education & Disposal Fact Sheet
MED-Project Overview
9/13/2016 Notice of Determination
1/31/2018 Revised MED-Project Product Stewardship Plan
2017 MED-Project Annual Report
6/15/2018 Revised MED-Project Product Stewardship Plan
2018 MED-Project Annual Report
4/15/2019 Revised MED-Project Product Stewardship Plan
2019 MED-Project Annual Report
2/28/2020 Inmar Drug Stewardship Plan
9/25/2020 Revised Inmar Drug Stewardship Plan
2/10/2021 Revised Inmar Drug Stewardship Plan
2020 MED-Project Annual Report
2021 MED-Project Annual Report
9/9/2022 Revised Inmar Drug Stewardship Plan
10/21/2022 Notice of Determination
1/19/2023 Resubmittal Inmar Drug Stewardship Plan
MED-Project Survey Results (Sept - Nov 2022)
Guidance for the Implementation of a Single System of Promotion and Program Goals
Response to Comments on the Guidance for the Implementation of a Single System of Promotion and Program Goals
2022 MED-Project Annual Report
9/18/2023 Revised MED-Project Product Stewardship Plan
7/11/2023 MED-Project Notice of Determination
7/11/2023 Inmar Notice of Determination
12/21/23 MED-Project Notice of Determination
1/4/24 MED-Project Notice of Determination Response
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