Sharps Disposal Program

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 program work?

• Turn in your properly packaged sharps to our Environmental 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 Health.

For more information:

• Environmental Health 941-714-7593
• Sharps Program Flyer (27KB PDF)   Spanish Version (140KB PDF)