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Your reference guide to local, free drop-off sites for medicines and sharps in Santa Cruz County.

Take your home-generated medicines and sharps to one of the collection sites listed below during business hours. Note that some sites take only sharps or only medicines. Deposit your items in the clearly labeled drop-box at the site or hand your items to pharmacy counter staff or other facility personnel.

 

 

*HHW = Household Hazardous Waste Facility

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Aptos
     
Longs
783 Rio Del Mar Blvd
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 687-0460
  Safeway Pharmacy
16 Rancho Del Mar
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 661-4861
     
Ben Lomond    
     
Ben Lomond Transfer Station HHW*
9835 Newell Creek Rd.
Medicines and Sharps
Thurs & Sun, 7:30-3:30
(831) 454-2606
   
     
Boulder Creek    
     
Boulder Creek Pharmacy
13081 Central Ave.
Medicines and Sharps
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 338-2144
   
     
Capitola    
     

Lauden Pharmacy
1840 41st St.
Medicines and Sharps
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 462-9880

  Longs
809 Bay Ave.
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 475-1421
     
Felton    
     
Longs
6247 Graham Hill Road
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 335-6403
  New Leaf Market Pharmacy
6240 Highway 9
Medicines and Sharps
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 335-7322
     
Santa Cruz    
     
Bruce’s Medical Plaza Pharmacy
550 Water Street
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 423-4363
  Dominican Hospital Plaza Pharmacy
1595 Soquel Drive
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 462-7726
     
Horsnyder Pharmacy
1226A Soquel Ave.
Medicines and Sharps
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 423-2315
  Longs
600 Front St.
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 426-7444
     
Longs
1700 Mission St.
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 457-2481
  Resource Recovery Facility HHW*
605 Dimeo Lane
Medicines and Sharps
Sat, 7:30-3:30
(831) 454-2606
     
Safeway Pharmacy
117 Morrissey Blvd.
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 426-8911
  Santa Cruz Police Dept.
155 Center St.
Medicines only
Drop-off during business hours
(831) 420-5650
     
UCSC Cowell Health Center Pharmacy
1156 High St.
Medicines and Sharps
Drop-off during business hours
(831) 459-1407
  Walgreens
1718 Soquel Ave.
Medicines and Sharps
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 425-3911
     
Westside Pharmacy
1401 Mission St.
Medicines and Sharps
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 423-7175
   
     
Scotts Valley    
     
Longs
257 Mt. Hermon Rd.
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 438-5920
  Scotts Valley Medical Clinic
2980 El Rancho Drive
Medicines Only
Drop-off during business hours
(831) 438-1430
     
Walgreens
210 Mt. Hermon Road
Medicines and Sharps
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 430-9113
   
     
Soquel    
     
Safeway Pharmacy
2720 41st Ave.
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 477-7217
   
     
Watsonville    
     
Buena Vista Landfill HHW*
1231 Buena Vista Dr.
Medicines and Sharps
Tues, Wed & Sat, 7:30-3:30
(831) 454-2606
  Longs
1966 Main St.
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 722-1782
     
Longs
490 Rodriguez St.
Sharps only
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 722-9454
  Valle Verde Pharmacy
240 Green Valley Rd.
Medicines and Sharps
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 728-2239
     
Walgreens
1810 Freedom Blvd.
Medicines and Sharps
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 768-0183
  Waste & Recycling Drop-off HHW*
320 Harvest Dr.
Medicines and Sharps
2nd Sat, 9-3:30
(831) 768-3133
     
Watsonville Pharmacy
1433 Freedom Blvd.
Medicines and Sharps
Drop-off during store hours
(831) 728-1818
   

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