Sharps Disposal Services in NC Medical Waste Disposal

Used Sharps Disposal Options

• Pharmacy Locations in NC - Some Walgreens, CVS and Walmart locations provide convenient and local drop-off kiosks in their buildings for unwanted medications and sometimes needle and syringe disposal.
• Used Needle Collection Sites - Check with your local NC waste provider to find out if sharps are collected at their site.
• Drop Box or Supervised Sharps Disposal Locations in NC - Hospitals, health clinics, community organizations, police and fire departments and some NC pharmacy stores.
• In Home Individual Disposal Products - A variety of products are on the market that destroy used needles and make them safe for home disposal.
• Mail Back Programs - FDA-cleared filled sharps containers are placed in shipping containers, which are mailed to AdvoWaste for a small fee.

How to Safely Dispose of Used Needles and Other Sharps in NC

• Place all needles and other sharps in a sharps disposal container immediately after they have been used.
• Never overfill a sharps disposal container. You have reached full capacity when the sharps container is three-quarters full, or when the level of contents reaches the “fill” line.
• Do not reuse sharps disposal containers. Once your container is filled it should be securely sealed and disposed of in it's entirety.
• Dispose of used sharps disposal containers according to NC state guidelines.
• Use drop box kiosk or supervised sharps disposal locations in NC.
• Use household hazardous waste sharps needle collection sites near you.
• Find local NC needle pick-up services or call AdvoWaste at 855-678-1098 for a hassle free quote.

Medicine and Sharps Disposal Locations in North Carolina

Healthcare Providers in some cities you can take filled sharps containers to your healthcare provider or pharmacist for proper, safe disposal.

CVS Pharmacy offer the Sharps Return System in all of it's 7,200 locations, which provides customers with the ability to safely dispose of their unused, expired or unwanted drugs using affordable medication disposal envelopes.

Walgreens Offers medication disposal kiosks in it's North Carolina locations which are different from medical waste disposal kiosks, because these drop boxes only allow disposal of unwanted medicine and not sharps or biohazardous waste.

WalMart A wide variety of sharps containers can be purchased at NC Walmart locations or delivered to your home.

Pickup services for used sharps or syringes is a service that involves both the delivery and pickup of collection bins or boxes in which a healthcare facility will place their regulated contaminated sharps in when generated. This service will setup a pickup frequency where they will pick up the containers on a predetermined schedule such as daily, weekly, monthly or as needed with AdvoWaste Medical. The pickup boxes or bins vary in sizes depending on the amount of waste generated.

A needle mail back system is simply a medical waste container that is prepackaged in a prepaid shipping and return shipping box. It must be approved and authorized to be transported through a regular shipping carrier and pass the rigorous testing requirements identified in the domestic mail manual for the USPS. These testing requirements ensure that they are safe to ship sharps containers, needles, syringes, and other regulated waste in NC. If you don't generate much biomedical waste, this could be a very affordable option for you.

Call AdvoWaste at 855-678-1098 for a free quote or more information on safe sharps disposal in NC.