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Household Sharps and Pharmaceutical
FREE Waste Drop-Off Location
For more information on household pharmaceutical disposal, please go to www.med-project.org.
Please contact the drop off facilites listed below for information about drop off hours and any special pharmaceutical or sharps handling requirements they may have.
Sharps and Pharmaceutical Waste
| Jack's Drug Store 121 Tunstead, San Anselmo (415) 454-1451 | Kaiser Downtown Offices 1033 Third Street, San Rafael (415) 482-6800 |
| Kaiser Medical Center 99 Montecillo Road, San Rafael (415) 444-2000 |
Pharmaceutical Waste ONLY
| Belvedere Police Department 450 San Rafael Ave, Belvedere Tiburon (415) 435-2611 | Central Marin Police Authority Larkspur Station 250 Doherty Drive, Larkspur (415) 927-5150 |
| Central Marin Police Authority San Anselmo Station 525 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo (415) 927-5150 | College of Marin Police Department 700 College Ave., Village Square 1, Kentfield (415) 485-9696 |
| Marin County Probation 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 259, San Rafael (415) 473-6599 | Marin Medical Pharmacy 750 Las Gallinas, San Rafael (415) 479-1930 |
| Mill Valley Police Department One Hamilton Drive, Mill Valley (415) 389-4100 | Novato Police Department 909 Machin Avenue, Novato (415) 897-4361 |
| Ross Police Department 33 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross (415) 453-2727 | San Rafael Police Department 1400 Fifth Ave., San Rafael (415) 485-3000 |
| Sheriff's Office / Coroner's Office 1600 Los Gamos Drive, Suite 205, San Rafael (415) 473-6043 | Tiburon Police Department 1155 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon (415) 789-2801 |
Sharps ONLY
| Kaiser Permanente 97 San Marin Drive, Novato | Lucky's Pharmacy 570 Magnolia, Larkspur (415) 924-6738 |
| Marin Aids Project 910 Irwin Street, San Rafael (415) 457-2487 | Marin Recycling Center Open Tuesday through Saturday - 8:00am - 3:30pm 565 Jacoby Street, San Rafael (415) 485-6806 |
| MCC Pharmacy 3110 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael (415) 755-2514 | Novato Community Hospital Outpatient Lab 165 Rowland, Novato (415) 209-1420 |
| Novato HHW Facility 7576 Redwood Blvd., Novato (415) 892-7344 | Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy 7514 Redwood Blvd, Novato (415) 892-3722 |
| Ross Valley Pharmacy 1525 E. Francisco Blvd., Ste. #1, San Rafael (415) 924-2480 | Safeway Pharmacy 1 Camino Alto, Mill Valley (415) 388-2701 |
| Safeway Pharmacy 110 Strawberry Village #100, Mill Valley (415) 360-9020 | Safeway Pharmacy 5720 Nave Drive, Novato (415) 881-9260 |
| Safeway Pharmacy 950 Las Galinas, San Rafael (415) 472-8221 | Walgreens 227 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley (415) 380-8402 |
| Walgreens 155 Northgate One, San Rafael (415) 479-2260 | Walgreens 820 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo (415) 482-0191 |
| Walgreens 830 Third Street, San Rafael (415) 455-9919 |
If there is no drop off facility near your home
If no disposal instructions are given on the drug labeling and no take-back program is available in your area, you may throw the drugs in the household trash following these steps:
- Remove them from their original containers and mix them with an undesirable substance, such as used coffee grounds, dirt, or kitty litter (this makes the drug less appealing to children and pets, and unrecognizable to people who may intentionally go through the trash seeking drugs).
- Place the mixture in a sealable bag, empty can, or other container to prevent the drug from leaking or breaking out of a garbage bag. * Please DO NOT flush drugs down the toilet.
*Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration: www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm101653.htm, last updated May 9, 2017.