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Non-RCRA Drug Disposal for Healthcare Practices

Stericycle offers healthcare professional offices, such as physician practices, dental clinics, veterinary, and medical offices, drug disposal service for non-RCRA-hazardous pharmaceutical waste.

Our Non-RCRA-Hazardous Drug Disposal Service Helps Keep You Compliant

Best management practices and, in some cases, state regulations require the disposal of non-RCRA pharmaceuticals by incineration at a facility permitted to accept non-RCRA pharmaceuticals.

These pharmaceuticals should not be placed into your medical red bag waste or sharps waste disposal containers as these wastes may be treated by methods other than incineration.

Our non-RCRA , noncontrolled pharmaceutical waste service helps your office safely and compliantly dispose of:

Partially used medicines
Unused pharmaceutical drug samples, vials, and ampules
Expired medications

Our Non-RCRA Drug Disposal Service Helps You Keep Medicines Out of Drinking Water

Based on our internal expert review, hundreds of clinical, peer-reviewed articles have documented the presence of pharmaceuticals or their constituents in drinking water and/or groundwater in the United States and other developed nations

Our non-RCRA-hazardous drug disposal service allows you to:

Demonstrate your commitment to protecting your community
Be environmentally responsible
Address growing public health concerns about pharmaceuticals in our drinking water

As an environmental leader, you can help protect your waterways, community, and environment from being contaminated with pharmaceuticals.

We Offer Drug Disposal Resources to Help You Avoid the Risk of Noncompliance

As noted in the Code of Federal Regulations, it's ultimately the responsibility of individuals who are disposing of pharmaceuticals (the waste generators) to make a final determination as to whether items, such as pharmaceuticals, are hazardous wastes.

Your effective management of your pharmaceutical wastes ensures accurate use of hazardous waste manifest and/or nonhazardous waste shipping documents.

To facilitate your compliance with state and federal regulations, Stericycle offers you additional resources to ensure your legal compliance with waste regulations.

We provide ALL our non-RCRA, noncontrolled drug disposal customers with:

Flexible pickup scheduling provided by our nationwide network
Professional drivers with specialized training
Comprehensive waste segregation training through your MyStericycle.com site
Access to your manifests (waste disposal tracking)
Specially designed containers that meet state and federal regulations
Resource guides and flyers to be posted above your containers and which identify scheduled drugs and hazardous substances that must NEVER be disposed of in non-RCRA drug disposal containers or in red bags or sharps containers
Customer email hotline for our non-RCRA, noncontrolled drug disposal customers

Our Steri-Safe Preferred Customers Receive Added Onsite Attention

Our Steri-Safe Preferred customers with non-RCRA drug disposal service also receive:

Onsite annual visits by a Stericycle Certified Occupational Safety Specialist
State-specific hazardous and nonhazardous waste segregation training
Simulated OSHA evaluation with a 150+ point checklist
Evaluation of your Safety Data Sheet (formerly Material Safety Data Sheets or MSDS) book with expert guidance
Phone and email availability of your Safety Specialist throughout the year