Welcome to RE:Source! Your online directory for reuse, repair and proper disposal options for the Bay Area. Although we do our best to stay up-to-date, information is constantly changing and we encourage you to call ahead to verify hours and availability.
Needles & Syringes
This item is hazardous and requires proper disposal.
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.
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3800 Arthur Rd., Martinez • (925) 228-5635Please place needles/sharps in an authorized sharps container before placing them in the collection receptacle.Free Drop-off -
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6000 Heritage Trail, Clayton • (925) 673-7350Please place needles/sharps in an authorized sharps container before placing them in the collection receptacle.Free Drop-off -
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1050 Walnut Avenue, Walnut Creek •Please place needles/sharps in an authorized sharps container before placing them in the collection receptacle.Free Drop-off -
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1666 North Main Street, Walnut Creek •Please place needles/sharps in an authorized sharps container before placing them in the collection receptacle.Free Drop-off -
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2550 Pittsburg-Antioch Hwy, Antioch • (925) 756-1990The 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.Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee -
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3338 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette •Please place needles/sharps in an authorized sharps container before placing them in the collection receptacle.Free Drop-off -
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1220 Rossmoor Parkway, Walnut Creek • (925) 988-7510Free Drop-off -
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150 Alamo Plaza, Alamo • (925) 837-2902Needles & Syringes must be in approved container and can be placed in the needles drop box.Free Drop-off -
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111 Civic Drive, Hercules •Must be in approved sharps container.Free Drop-off -
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22 Orinda Way, Orinda •Please place needles/sharps in an authorized sharps container before placing them in the collection receptacle.Free Drop-off -
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5201 Valley View Rd., El Sobrante •Must be in approved sharps container.Free Drop-off -
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1280 Moraga Way, Moraga • (925) 258-4599Please place needles/sharps in an authorized sharps container before placing them in the collection receptacle.Free Drop-off -
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7501 Schmidt Ln., El Cerrito • (510) 215-4350Must 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.Free Drop-off -
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2910 Hilltop Drive, Richmond •Must bein an approved sharps container.Free Drop-off -
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2340 Durant Ave, Berkeley • (510) 463-1843Free Drop-off -
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2222 Bancroft Ave, Berkeley • (510) 642-2000Drop-box in pharmacy.Free Drop-off -
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2655 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley •Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.Free Drop-off -
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2100 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley • (510) 981-5900Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.Free Drop-off -
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73 Beechwood Dr, Oakland • (510) 250-0911Pick-up for a Fee -
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5801 Huntington Avenue, Richmond • (510) 620-6812Must be in approved sharps container.Free Drop-off -
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2801 Adeline St, Berkeley • 510-981-8392Drop-off kiosk inside. Syringes and auto-injectors in sharps containers up to 1 gallon in size.Free Drop-off -
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3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley • (510) 463-1843Free Drop-off -
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2401 Crow Canyon Blvd, San Ramon • 925-838-6600Please place needles/sharps in an authorized sharps container before placing them in the collection receptacle (kiosk).Free Drop-off -
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403 Highland Avenue, Piedmont • (510) 420-3050Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.Free Drop-off -
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Hearst Street @ San Pablo Ave, Berkeley • (510) 463-1843Free Drop-off
Additional Online Resources for Needles & Syringes
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Waste Management, Inc. - MedWaste Tracker™ Sharps Return-Mail System -Seal syringes and lancets in the provided protective sharps container. Small amounts and commercial volumes
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Waste Management, Inc. - Medical Waste Collection Services -
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MedPro Disposal -Commercial quantity
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MED-Project: Bay Area Meds Drop-Box Location Finder -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.
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