The Sharp Solutions program accepts two types of home-generated medical wastes:
Sharps and Medicines

Sharps

WHAT TO DO:

• Put all sharps in an approved red plastic sharps container (available at all Sharps Collection Sites).
  
• Deliver filled Sharps Container to a Sharps Collection Site.
  

Hypodermic needles Syringes Pen needles Intravenous needles Lancets Anything else used to deliver medicine through the skin

NO medicines in sharps container (See Medicines below for proper disposal) NO thermometers (take to Household Hazardous Waste facility) NO business waste NO trash or anything other than sharps waste

Medicines

WHAT TO DO:

• Gather your unwanted medicines & any other accepted items (see list).
  
• You may combine all pills in a plastic baggie to save space. Recycle the plastic pill bottles in your blue curbside cart.
  
• Leave liquid medicines in the original container.
  
• Mark out personal information on labels if you wish.
  
• Deposit all items in the clearly labeled medicine disposal bin or hand to pharmacy counter staff or other personnel at a Medicines Collection Site.

Prescription medicines Over-the-counter medicines Pet medicines Medicine samples Vitamins Medicated ointments & lotions Inhalers Liquid medicines in leakproof containers

NO controlled substances (narcotics) NO needles, lancets, syringes or any other sharps in Medicines container (see Sharps above for proper disposal) NO non-medicated personal care products NO aerosol cans NO bloody or infectious waste NO thermometers (take to Household Hazardous Waste facility) NO IV bags NO business waste NO hydrogen peroxide NO empty containers NO trash or anything other than medicine waste