Home-generated medical waste includes home-generated pharmaceutical waste and home-generated sharps waste. Home-generated sharps waste includes hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous needles, lancets, and other devices that are used to penetrate the skin for the delivery of medications derived from a household, including a multifamily residence or household. Home-generated sharps waste also includes sharps used to deliver medication to pets. The California Medical Waste Management Act prohibits the disposal of home-generated sharps into any container used for the collection of regular trash, recycling, or green waste.
MED-Project and The Drug Takeback Solutions Foundation, the program operators for California's Pharmaceutical and Sharps Waste Stewardship Programs, have worked together to create coordinated websites to provide ultimate users with access to statewide pharmaceutical and home-generated sharps waste disposal options. Each website provides ultimate users with disposal information, including links for ordering free mail-back materials and identifying drop-off locations for unwanted medicine.
Coordinated Pharmaceutical Stewardship website: medtakebackcalifornia.org
Coordinated Sharps Waste Stewardship website: sharpstakebackcalifornia.org
Please click the following links for information on how to properly and safely dispose of your home-generated sharps and pharmaceutical wastes:
- Pharmaceutical Drop-Off Locations - Ventura County Residents Only - For unwanted or expired
- Ventura County Responds – Safe Medication Disposal
- Household Hazardous Waste Facilities in Ventura County - Ventura County IWMD - Pharmaceuticals Only, NO Medical Sharps Accepted
- Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal - CalRecycle
- Home-Generated Sharps and Pharmaceutical Waste - California Department of Public Health
Sharps Waste Drop-off Locations
Camarillo
880 W. Verdulera St.
805-987-0717
2nd Friday and following Saturday of each Month (by appointment only).
Camarillo
3801 Las Posas Rd. #214 Camarillo, CA. 93010
805-437-0900
Mon - Fri 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Fillmore
828 W. Ventura St. #250
805-524-8644
Mon, Wed, Thurs, & Fri 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM ; Tuesday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Please call for an appointment to drop off sharps waste.
Moorpark
612 W. Spring Rd., Suite A
805-523-5400
Mon & Tues 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM; Wed, Thurs, Fri 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Ojai
1306 Maricopa Highway
805-640-2279
7 days per week 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Oxnard
2400 S. "C" Street
805-240-7000
M - F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Oxnard
325 W. Channel Islands Blvd
805-240-9500
M - F 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM; Sat & Sun 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Oxnard
2240 E. Gonzales Rd Suite 100, 110, 120; 2220 E. Gonzales Rd. Suite 120A, 120B
805-981-5151
M - F 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM - Call for more times
Port Hueneme
250 N. Ventura Rd.
805-986-6530
M - F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Sharps and pharmaceutical drop off
Santa Paula
1334 E. Main St.
805-933-1122
M-F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM & Sat 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Santa Paula
620 W. Harvard Blvd
805-933-5505
Wednesdays 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Simi Valley
1227 E. Los Angeles Ave.
805-582-4000
M - F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Simi Valley
3150 E. Los Angeles Ave.
805-577-1724
M - F 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Please call for an appointment to drop off sharps waste.
Thousand Oaks
125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd., #300
805-418-9100
M - F 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thousand Oaks
215 W. Janss Rd.
805-370-4407
Located in the blood draw lab
Thousand Oaks
125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd., #400
805-777-3570
M - F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Please call for an appointment to drop off sharps waste.
Ventura
133 W. Santa Clara St.
805-641-5600
M - F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Ventura
3147 Loma Vista Rd.
805-652-6694
M - F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Medical Waste Program Contacts
Program Specialist
Karen Farin
805- 654-5007
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Manager
Rick Bandelin
805- 654-2815
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Jeremiah Ramos
805- 477-7110
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