Pictured: Front – Donald Reese – Jefferson County Board Supervisor – District 11 – Solid Waste/Air Quality, Chair. Next Row: Emi Reiner – Jefferson County Public Health – Jefferson County Drug Free Coalition, Craig Henning – JWR Inc., Cory Gardner – JWR Inc., Craig Holler – Jefferson County Treatment Courts – Jefferson County Drug Free Coalition, Chief Gary Bleecker – Johnson Creek Police Department
Jefferson County Solid Waste/Air Quality Committee and Jefferson County Drug Free Coalition are proud to announce that Johnson Creek has a drug drop-off box located in their Police Department at 119 Depot Street. The hours of operation are Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Jefferson County Drug Free Coalition received a grant allowing them to pay $700 for a drug box. The cost of a drug box is $1,000 so the Jefferson County Solid Waste/Air Quality Committee paid the remaining $300. Police Chief Bleecker agreed to have the drug drop-off box placed in his Department. JWR of Johnson Creek made the box as well as all the boxes in Jefferson County Police Departments and Sheriff’s Office. The other drug drop-off boxes were either donated or sponsored by Watertown Regional Medical Center, Fort Memorial Hospital, JWR, Johns’ Disposal, Jefferson County Drug Free Coalition or Jefferson County Solid Waste/Air Quality Committee. Jefferson County now has a drug drop-off box in each of its police departments and the Sheriff’s Office for a total of ten boxes. We are one of the few counties in the state to have proper drug disposal in all our Police Departments and Sheriff’s Office. Residents in Jefferson County will have a drug drop-off box within ten miles of their home for convenient drug disposal.
Remember to empty your prescription or over the counter medications (pills) in sandwich size plastic bags. All medications can be mixed up in the same bag. DO NOT put pill containers in our drug drop-off boxes. Put empty pill containers in your recycle bin at your residence. Keep liquids in their original containers, but tape the lid or wrap in plastic wrap before placing in a drug drop-off box. Inhalers can be put into a drug drop-off box. Do Not put sharps, mercury thermometers or other medical equipment in the drug drop-off boxes. Take sharps to your local Health Department, hospital or clinic. Mercury thermometers or devices should be taken to Clean Sweep events.
More information regarding the locations and hours for the individual drug drop off sites is available at the Jefferson County Solid Waste webpage at www.jeffersoncountywi.gov/cleansweep or by contacting Sharon Ehrhardt at 920-674-7430.
Here are the locations of all the drug drop-off boxes in Jefferson County:
Jefferson County Sheriff, Lobby, 411 S. Center Avenue - Open 24 hours
POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Jefferson – 425 Collins Rd - Monday – Friday 7 am – 11 pm
Johnson Creek – 119 Depot Street - Monday – Friday 8 am – 4 pm
Lake Mills – 200A Water Street - Monday – Friday 7 am – 5 pm
Palmyra – 126 N. First Street - Monday & Thursday 9 am – 3 pm
Waterloo – 136 N. Monroe Street - Monday – Friday 7 am – 3:30 pm
The following are open 24 hours:
Fort Atkinson – 101 S. Water Street
UW Whitewater – 734 W. Starin Road
Watertown – 106 Jones Street
Whitewater – 312 W. Whitewater Street
Drug deactivation kits are another option for people to safely dispose of medication. The kits are easy to use and they will allow people to deactivate medications for safe disposal in their household trash. The kits are available for free at participating pharmacies. For more information, go to the Jefferson County Drug Free Coalition Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/JeffersonCountyDrugFreeCoalition/ or contact Emi Reiner at (920) 674-7232.