Where can I take
my sharps container once its is full?
The locations listed below will accept full HGS collection
containers from households in Santa Barbara County. You
will not be charged for disposal. Please call the collection facility prior to your arrival to confirm its address
and operating hours. Never leave sharps containers at a collection facility after its operating hours.
How many sharps containers may I dispose of?
Households are limited to disposing of no
more than two sharps containers per visit (maximum of one visit
per week). Hospitals, clinics, medical practices, pathology labs,
convalescent homes, group homes, nursing facilities, hospices,
and veterinarian hospitals are not eligible to use this program.
Each collection facility reserves the right to refuse to accept
sharps.
The following County facilities accept home-generated sharps waste, such as hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous needles, lancets, and other devices that are used to penetrate the skin for the delivery of medications derived from a household, including a multi-family household:
Santa Barbara County
Public Health Department Carpinteria Clinic
931 Walnut
Avenue
Carpinteria, CA 93013
(805) 560-1050
Operating hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Santa Barbara County
Public Health Department Lompoc Clinic
301 North
"R" Street
Lompoc, CA 93436
(805) 737-6488
Operating hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
and 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Santa Barbara County
Public Health Department Santa Barbara Clinic
315 Camino
Del Remedio, Room 117
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
(805) 681-5380
Operating hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Santa Barbara County
Public Health Department Franklin Clinic
1136 East
Montecito Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
(805) 568-2099
Operating hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Santa
Barbara County Public Health Department Santa Maria Clinic
2115 South
Centerpointe Parkway
Santa Maria, CA 93455
(805)
346-8421
Operating hours: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00
p.m.
If you would like to view a brochure that contains all of this information in English and Spanish, please click on this link: Final Sharps Brochure.pdf
T o obtain a copy of this brochure, please call the County Public Works Department,
Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division, at (805) 882-3615. In addition to the County of Santa Barbara, this program is cosponsored
by the Cities of Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Solvang.
Here are some additional facilities that accept HGS in Santa Barbara County:
Caldwell Pharmacy
235 West Pueblo Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
(805) 682-7353
(Open Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; a $5.00 disposal fee is charged per container)
City of Santa Maria Household Hazardous Waste Facility
2065 East Main Street
Santa Maria, CA 93454
(805) 925-0951, ext. 7270
Operating hours: Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Closed on New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
Marian Medical Center
Environmental Health Department
1400 East Church Street
Santa Maria, CA 93454
(805) 739-3675
Operating hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Call ahead to arrange a drop-off time.
Safety Kleen
5310 Overpass Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93111
(805) 967-1448
(Can purchase a container for the collection of sharps and then ship the container with the sharps back to the company for free.)
Waste Management/Health Sanitation Service
(877) 927-8363 (WASTEMD)
In conjunction with Becton, Dickinson and Company and Sharps Compliance, Inc., Waste Management has established a Sharps Disposal by Mail System. A household that purchases this system will receive a sharps container, a postage paid box, and a tracking form. The sharps containers come in single, double, or triple packs that can hold from 60 to 1,500 sharps. A household collects its used sharps in the container and seals the sharps in the container's packaging once it is full. The household then mails the box to the nearest processing center, where the sharps container and the packaging are destroyed. The household will then receive confirmation of the receipt of the container and the destruction of its contents.
Here are some facilities outside Santa Barbara County that accept HGS:
Asbury Environmental Services
2100 North Alameda Street
Compton, CA 90222
(800) 974-4495
Cintas/Response First Aid Systems
737 North Main Street
Orange, CA 92868
(877) 973-2811
(Can purchase a container for the collection of sharps and then ship the container with the sharps back to the company for free.)
Below are some programs approved by the California Department of Public Health for the disposal of sharps by mail:
EnviroMed Safety and Compliance
www.enviromedinc.com
(877) 340-2430
GRP and Associates
www.sharpsdisposal.com
(800) 207-0976
Medasend, Inc.
www.medasend.com
(800) 200-3581
Sharps Compliance, Inc.
SCI Mail Sharps Disposal System
www.sharpsinc.com
(800) 772-5657
Stericycle, Inc.
Sharps Mail-Back Service
www.stericycle.com
(800) 355-8773
WCM (Waste and Compliance Management, Inc.)
www.wcminc.net
(866) 436-9264
XMED Disposal, Inc.
www.xmeddisposal.com
(866) 735-9709
For
more information, please contact the County Public Works Department, Resource Recovery & Waste Management Division, at (805) 882-3615.
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