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.

Aptos | Ben Lomond | Boulder Creek | Capitola | Felton | Santa Cruz | Scotts Valley | Soquel | Watsonville

*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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