Used syringes with needles and lancets should never be placed in the garbage or in a recycling bin. The Sharps Disposal Program provides individuals a safe, legal way to dispose of syringes, needles, and lancets, and receive a free new sharps container in return! Businesses are prohibited from using this public service program.
How does the Sharps Disposal Program work?
- Turn in your properly packaged sharps to our Environmental Public Health office and receive your free new sharps container.
- Take the new container to your home and place it out of reach of children.
- Perform your injections as needed and then dispose of the syringes completely intact into the sharps container.
- When full, seal the container and bring it back to Environmental Public Health.