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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. During the recycling process, people hand; 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 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 offer free mail-back of sharps containers to their injectables patients.

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

Vendors

Vendor	Address	City	Destination	Disposal Method	Notes
City of Richmond Drop-off Kiosk - Senior Center	2525 MacDonald Ave	Richmond	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Must be in approved sharps container.
MED-Project: Bay Area Meds Drop-Box Location Finder	1800 M St, NW	Washington	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Online location finder. hypodermic needles, pen needles, pre-loaded sharps, auto-injectors, intravenous needles, lancets, and other devices used to penetrate the skin for drawing blood, or for the delivery of medicines) contained in FDA-cleared sharps containers. Mail-Back Services are available for Residents upon request.
MedWaste California	73 Beechwood Dr	Oakland	Safe Disposal	Pick-up for a Fee
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Livermore Facility)	5584 La Ribera Street	Livermore	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Acceptance of standard size containers as well as larger than 1g sharps containers. CGM's (continuous glucose monitors) are accepted from residents using these at home with the sharp (&/or applicator) separated into an approved FDA approved sharps container, and the devices collected in a thick Ziploc bag. At drop-off, resident should inform HHW staff they have these medical devices.
Walgreens	5300 3rd St.	San Francisco	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off
Walgreens	3001 Taraval St.	San Francisco	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off
Visitacion Valley Pharmacy	100 Leland Ave.	San Francisco	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off
Stericycle (San Jose)	189 Stauffer Blvd	San Jose	Safe Disposal	Pick-up for a Fee	Mailback Kits for homes
CVS Pharmacy (4405 1st St)	4405 First St	Livermore	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.
Richmond Annex Senior Center	5801 Huntington Avenue	Richmond	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Must be in approved sharps container.
Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy (Livermore)	3000 Las Positas Rd	Livermore	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.
Sharps Solutions	3563 Investment Blvd. Suite 6	Hayward	Safe Disposal	Pick-up for a Fee	Commercial quantity. Prepaid container program.
Richmond Police Department	1701 Regatta Blvd.	Richmond	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Must be in an approved sharps container.
Walgreens	670 4th St.	San Francisco	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off
Walgreens	3201 Divisadero St.	San Francisco	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off
Walgreens	1189 Potrero Ave.	San Francisco	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off
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.
CVS Pharmacy (3010 Bernal Ave)	3010 Bernal Ave	Pleasanton	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.
CVS Pharmacy (6750 Bernal Ave)	6750 Bernal Ave	Pleasanton	Safe Disposal	Free Drop-off	Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.