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Drop-off Location Finder for Safe Disposal of Sharps Containers

It is illegal for needles and other sharps to be placed into trash or recycling containers. People hand sort at the start of the recycling process; keep them safe by not placing needles/sharps in your recycling or trash bins. Sharps, syringes, needles, auto injectors, prefilled syringes with a needle, pen needles, and lancets should be placed in a sealed FDA-approved Sharps container. Sharps containers are available in pharmacies and drug stores, as well as online. There are kiosks/drop-boxes in pharmacies, hospitals and police departments can accept Sharps containers up to 1 gallon in size. HHW Facilities may accept larger sharps containers.

Free FDA-approved sharps containers may be ordered online by clicking here through the California Sharps Mail Back program. The pharmaceutical company that your injectable medication comes from may offer a free sharps container program.

Mail-back: Free shipping labels and envelopes to mail in your sharps container for safe disposal are available through Med-Project. Some pharmaceutical companies also offer free mail-back of sharps containers to their injectables patients.

California has an extended producer responsibility law in place that require pharmaceutical companies to pay for convenient safe disposal of Sharps. Alameda County was the first to pass a Sharps EPR bill in the nation.

Vendors

Vendor	Address	City	Destination	Disposal Method	Notes
CVS Pharmacy (Marina Village Pkwy)	931 Marina Village Parkway	Alameda	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-box inside
Alameda Hospital	2070 Clinton Ave Entrance on Willow St.	Alameda	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-box inside. all medications, including Controlled Substances. Bring pills in a ziploc bag, with liquids & creams in their own bag. Recycle plastic bottles & lids in curbside recycling cart.
Alamo Sheriff's Substation	150 Alamo Plaza Suite C	Alamo	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Needles & Syringes must be in approved container and can be placed in the needles drop box.
Delta HHW Collection Facility	2550 Pittsburg-Antioch Hwy	Antioch	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee	The Delta HHW Collection Facility Sharps Program is available to residents of East Contra Costa County. Please go to https://www.deltadiablo.org/sharps for more information and directions.
UC Berkeley, University Health Services, Tang Center	2222 Bancroft Ave Room 115	Berkeley	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-box in pharmacy.
CVS Pharmacy (Telegraph Ave)	2655 Telegraph Ave	Berkeley	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.
Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution (Durant Ave)	2340 Durant Ave	Berkeley	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off
Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution (Hearst St)	Hearst Street @ San Pablo Ave	Berkeley	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off
Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution (Shattuck Ave)	3124 Shattuck Ave	Berkeley	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off
Berkeley Police Department	2100 Martin Luther King Jr Way	Berkeley	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.
Walgreens (Adeline St)	2801 Adeline St	Berkeley	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-off kiosk inside. Syringes and auto-injectors in sharps containers up to 1 gallon in size.
Central Rx Pharmacy	50 Eagle Rock Way	Brentwood	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off
Walgreens (Castro Valley Blvd)	3382 Castro Valley Blvd	Castro Valley	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-off kiosk inside. Syringes and auto-injectors in sharps containers up to 1 gallon in size.
CVS Pharmacy (3667 Castro Valley Blvd)	3667 Castro Valley Blvd	Castro Valley	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.
Clayton Police Department	6000 Heritage Trail	Clayton	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Please place needles/sharps in an authorized sharps container before placing them in the collection receptacle.
Kaiser Medical Offices Pharmacy (Dublin)	3100 Dublin Blvd	Dublin	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-box inside.
CVS Pharmacy (7201 Regional St)	7201 Regional St	Dublin	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.
El Cerrito Recycling + Environmental Resource Center	7501 Schmidt Ln.	El Cerrito	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Must be in a thick plastic container with a screw top lid.; Bin always locked seek staff for assistance (office and/or yard). Only for RecycleMore residents.
Richmond Fire Department Station #63	5201 Valley View Rd.	El Sobrante	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Must be in approved sharps container.
Haller's Pharmacy & Medical Supply (37323 Fremont Blvd)	37323 Fremont Boulevard	Fremont	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.