Get rid of personal household medical waste safely
At MedWaste creating a safe environment for California’s public is our goal, that is why we created Homesharps.com. A helpful and educational page to inform the general public and to direct to a safe place where to dispose of their personal household medical waste
Household medical waste includes:
Household
Sharps Waste
Needles
Diabetic lancets
Syringes
Razors
Household
Medicine Waste
Medicines
Pills
Safely dispose of
Household Sharps Waste
store
Put it somewhere safe
Store your sharps in a sharps container or other hard plastic container, such as a laundry detergent bottle or mouth wash bottle. Close the container.
dispose
Option 1: Bring it
Dispose of your container at a local household sharps collection site
Safely dispose of
Household Medicine Waste
store
Put it somewhere safe
Store your medicine in a sharps container or other hard plastic container, such as a laundry detergent bottle or mouth wash bottle. Close the container.
dispose
Option 1: Bring it
Bring your medicines to a local collection site or take- back event.
Option 2: Flush it
Some medicines can and should be flushed down the sink or toilet. Read the FDA’s information on flushing medicines.
