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Finally, a safe, free, and environmentally responsible way to get rid of old household medicines and sharps.

Take waste medications and needles to any convenient drop-off site including many pharmacies around Santa Cruz County.

Click here for details about our current collection sites, or call 831-454-2160 (County of Santa Cruz Public Works Department)

Be responsible, be informed...

Beginning September 1, 2008, it is illegal to discard used sharps in the garbage or recycling, and used sharps must be transported in an approved sharps container.
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Collaborative program coordinated by the County of Santa Cruz with the Cities of Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Capitola, and Scotts Valley.
Funded by a grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board. Zero Waste – You Make It Happen!