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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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2000 Driscoll Rd, Fremont • (510) 770-8571Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.Free Drop-off -
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41149 Boyce Rd., Fremont • (800) 606-6606Acceptance of standard size FDA approved sharps 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.Free Drop-off -
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42600 Boyce Rd, Fremont • 510-657-3500Includes razor blades, tattoo needles and piercing devices. - Sharps Mail-in programMail-in for a Fee -
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333 Shoreway Road, San Carlos • (650) 802-8355Public Recycling Center. Must be in an authorized Sharps container.Free Drop-off -
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4020 Fremont Blvd, Fremont • (510) 797-5505Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.Free Drop-off -
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2501 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto • (650) 496-5910For commercial hazardous waste information, call the City's hazardous waste contractor (Clean Harbors) at 800-433-5060.,Must be in a rigid container with a sealed lid.Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee -
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301 Carl Rd, Sunnyvale • (408) 752-8530This item is hazardous and must be disposed of properly. Place sharps in biohazard or hard plastic container with screw-top lid marked \"sharps\".Free Drop-off -
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California Product Stewardship Council, Sacramento •Free Drop-off -
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1001 I St, Sacramento • (800) 732-9253https://calrecycle.ca.gov/epr/pharmasharps/sharps/Free Drop-off -
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189 Stauffer Blvd, San Jose • 408-295-0600Mailback Kits for homesPick-up for a Fee -
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5830 W. 3rd St, Los Angeles • (866) 254-5105Pick-up for a Fee
