Simple, safe, and compliant pharmaceutical waste solutions to protect your healthcare organization.
Stericycle’s Drug Disposal Service is a simple, efficient, and eco-conscious solution designed specifically for smaller healthcare organizations, such as physician practices, dental offices, veterinary clinics, assisted living facilities, and urgent care clinics. We provide easy to use tools to identify your waste, all the necessary containers, and convenient online waste disposal training to help ensure your staff stays safe and compliant.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulates how drug waste is transported to waste management facilities. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforces the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) that regulates the storage, transportation, and disposal of hazardous pharmaceutical waste. Additionally, state authorities may enact state-specific laws related to hazardous waste and vary in their unique adoptions of EPA rules.
Stericycle helps organizations stay safe and compliant with innovative and easy to use pharmaceutical waste solutions and by providing:
Stericycle’s Drug Disposal Service provides a safe, simple, and compliant way for your staff to dispose of pharmaceutical waste.
Affordable
Your budgeting is made easy with our Drug Disposal Service’s flat monthly fee
Compliant
Your pharmaceutical waste program will help you stay compliant with EPA, DOT, state, and local regulations
Flexible
You can choose the number of pharmaceutical containers, and the service frequency you need
Safe
Your staff will receive online training and education materials to help ensure they are well-versed in regulatory requirements and proper handling procedures
Simple
You’ll dispose almost all pharmaceutical waste into one container
We manage all major waste streams and offer compliance training, delivering with over 30 years of experience and our global fleet of more than 6,000 trucks.
In 2023, Stericycle recycled 906 million pounds of paper, incinerated 55 million pounds of pharmaceutical waste, and helped our customers divert 101 million pounds of plastic from landfills by using reusable sharps and pharmaceutical waste containers rather than single-use containers.1
1. Source: Stericycle data, 2023.