Sharps Disposal Locations in RI Medical Waste Disposal

Used Sharps Disposal Options

• Pharmacy Locations in RI - 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 RI waste provider to find out if sharps are collected at their site.
• Drop Box or Supervised Sharps Disposal Locations in RI - Hospitals, health clinics, community organizations, police and fire departments and some Rhode Island 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 RI

• 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 Rhode Island state guidelines.
• Use drop box kiosk or supervised sharps disposal locations in RI.
• Use household hazardous waste sharps needle collection sites near you.
• Find local RI needle pick-up services or call AdvoWaste at 855-678-1098 for a hassle free quote.

Medicine and Sharps Disposal Locations in Rhode Island

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 Compliance Corp.'s Environmental 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 Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island Walmart locations or delivered to your home.

Pickup services for used needles 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. 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 RI. If you don't generate much medical 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 RI.