Merced County Division of Environmental Health
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm.
Sharps must be in a hard opaque plastic bottle or metal puncture resistant resistant container, no larger than 2 gallons, with a screw-on cap, such as a used rinsed bleach bottle or detergent bottle. When the container is 3/4 full, tape the lid tightly onto the container with packing or contstruction-grade tape. Write "SHARPS" on the outside of the container.
It is against the law in the state of California to dispose of sharps in the household trash.
Sharps must be in a hard opaque plastic bottle or metal puncture resistant resistant container, no larger than 2 gallons, with a screw-on cap, such as a used rinsed bleach bottle or detergent bottle. When the container is 3/4 full, tape the lid tightly onto the container with packing or contstruction-grade tape. Write "SHARPS" on the outside of the container.
It is against the law in the state of California to dispose of sharps in the household trash.
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