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
"Sharps" include: syringes, hypodermic and pen needles, auto-injectors, pre- loaded sharps, intravenous needles and lancets. (Note: Treat Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) as both "sharps" (aka the applicator) and ewaste (embedded battery and electronics).
During the recycling process, people hand pick items from the sort line. Please keep them safe by NOT placing sharps in your recycling, organics, or trash bins. Place all sharps in an sharps disposal container immediately after they have been used. This will reduce the risk of needle sticks, cuts, and punctures from sharps. Never flush sharps down the drain or toilet. For more information, please visit the Safe Disposal Information.
- Sharps containers are available in pharmacies, drug stores, and online. There are free kiosks/drop-boxes to place full sharps containers in at pharmacies, hospitals and police departments (up to 1 gallon in size). HHW Facilities may accept larger sharps containers.
Free Mail-Back Services in California: Free shipping labels and envelopes to mail in your sharps contained in a US FDA-cleared container for safe disposal are available through SharpsTakeBackCalifornia.org or by phone 844-482-5322.
- Some pharmaceutical companies offer free mail-back of sharps containers to their injectables patients. The pharmaceutical company that your injectable medication comes from may offer a free sharps container program.
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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2313 San Pablo Ave, Oakland • (510) 377-9448Free Drop-off -
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388 9th St, Oakland • (510) 628-0368Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.Free Drop-off -
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333 9th St, Oakland • (510) 628-0368Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.Free Drop-off -
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250 E 18th Street, Oakland • (510) 628-0878Kiosk inside. Sharps, syringes, needles, auto injectors, prefilled syringes with needle, and lancets should be in a sealed FDA cleared Sharps container. 1g max size.Free Drop-off -
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4184 C Piedmont Ave, Piedmont • (510) 428-1559Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.Free Drop-off -
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931 Marina Village Parkway, Alameda • (510) 523-3504Drop-box insideFree 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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1411 E. 31st St, Oakland • (510) 437-4800Drop-box inside. Sharps, syringes, needles, auto injectors, prefilled syringes with needle, and lancets should be in a sealed FDA cleared Sharps container.Free Drop-off -
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East 12th St. & 23rd Ave., Oakland • (510) 377-9448Free Drop-off -
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73 Beechwood Dr, Oakland • (510) 250-0911Pick-up for a Fee -
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3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley • (510) 463-1843Free Drop-off -
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2100 East 7th Street, Oakland • (800) 606-6606Acceptance 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.Free Drop-off -
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2693 Fruitvale Ave, Oakland • (510) 330-4906Kiosk inside. Sharps, syringes, needles, auto injectors, prefilled syringes with needle, and lancets should be in a sealed FDA cleared Sharps container. 1g max container size.Free Drop-off -
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2950 International Blvd, Oakland • 510-535-4400Sharps Kiosk inside for approved sharps containers.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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2070 Clinton Ave, Alameda • (510) 522-3700Drop-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.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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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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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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Hearst Street @ San Pablo Ave, Berkeley • (510) 463-1843Free Drop-off -
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4100 Redwood Rd, Oakland • (510) 531-0602Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.Free Drop-off -
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7200 Bancroft Ave, Oakland • (510) 569-2795Drop-off Box inside for needles/syringes in FDA-approved Sharps Containers up to 1 gallon in size.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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301 Folsom Street, Suite B, San Francisco • (415) 344-0600Pickup a FREE empty sharps collection container, fill it up, and return to the any participating SF pharmacy.Free 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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