Medical Waste Disposal Locations and Information

Please ensure you are disposing of your medical waste in the appropriate kiosk. Disposing sharps in an unapproved kiosk can be dangerous for both community members and those who are servicing the kiosks.


Medication Disposal Locations

  • Fire Department: 55 Great Road, Bedford MA, 01730 [open Monday-Friday 8am-5pm]
    • Located in the front lobby off of the Elm St entrance.

Sharps Disposal Locations

  • Police Department: 2 Mudge Way, Bedford MA, 01730 [open 24/7]
    • Located under the overhang near the front door off of Mudge Way
  • Fire Department: 55 Great Rd, Bedford MA, 01730 [open Monday-Friday 8am-5pm]
    • Located in the front lobby in the entrance off of Elm Street
  • Town Center: 12 Mudge Way, Bedford MA, 01730 [open Monday 8am-7pm, Tues/Weds/Thurs 8am-4pm, Fri 8am-1pm, Sat 10am-3pm]
    • Located on the second floor next to the Fix-it-Shop (room 205)

Sharps

Needles, syringes (often attached to needles), lancets: also called "fingerstick" devices, commonly used in the treatment of diabetes, auto injectors: including epinephrine and insulin pens - syringes pre-filled with fluid medication designed to be self-injected into the body, infusion sets, connection needles/sets: often used for patients on home hemodialysis

FDA-approved sharps containers are made of puncture-resistant plastic with leak-resistant sides and bottom. They also have a tight fitting, puncture-resistant lid. These containers come in a variety of sizes, including smaller sizes to use when traveling away from home. Click here for a list of FDA-approved sharps containers.

If an FDA-approved sharps container is not available, a heavy-duty household container, like a laundry detergent container, can be used as an alternative. All sharps containers should be:

  • Made of heavy duty plastic
  • Able to close with a tight-fitting, puncture-resistant lid, without sharps being able to come out
  • Upright and stable during use
  • Leak-resistant
  • Properly labeled to warn of hazardous waste in the container

Do EpiPens Count as Sharps?

  • USED EpiPens ALWAYS count as sharps and must be disposed of in a sharps container.
  • UNUSED EpiPens that have an epinephrine salt count as sharps. To determine if your EpiPen contains an epinephrine salt, look at the box the EpiPen came in and/or the EpiPen itself. Here you will find a list of what is in the EpiPen.
  • Your EpiPen DOES contain an epinephrine salt if any of these are listed in the medication list:
    • Epinephrine chloride
    • Epinephrine hydrochloride
    • Epinephrine sodium metabisulfite
    • Sodium metabisulfite

    • Sodium chloride

  • UNUSED EpiPens that do not contain and epinephrine salt must be disposed of as hazardous waste.