| Sharps Collection Program |
What are sharps?
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Sharps are any type of needle, syringe, or lancet that has been used or contaminated. All contaminated sharps need to be disposed of safely to reduce pollution to the environment and to prevent injuries and disease transmission from needle sticks.
Instructions for Safe Disposal:
- Place sharps in an approved puncture proof container (such as a red sharps container or an old laundry detergent bottle). CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF APPROVED SHARPS CONTAINERS.
- Please only fill your container 2/3 of the way full.
- Label the bottle or container with a “biohazard” or “sharps” label and lock the lid.
- Wipe the outside of the container down with a household cleaner.
- Place the container in a plastic bag and bring to the Health Department.
- There will be a $5.00 fee to cover the cost of disposal (extra large containers will be an additional charge).
- New sharps containers can be purchased for $10.00.
- Do not dispose of sharps in household garbage.
- Do not try to remove the needle from the syringe.
- Do not attempt to recycle any sharps products.
- Keep sharps and sharps containers out of reach of children.
- Do not use milk jugs, soda bottles or coffee cans as a sharps container (the material is too thin and could potentially cause injury to others).