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SOLID
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Sharps
Program
 Seminole
County offers a Sharps Program that provides
a safe, easy and free method for residents
to dispose of hypodermic needles and lancets.
Residents can pick up a container, return
it when full and get a new container.
Find
a location near you
Here's How It Works
- Never dispose of sharps in your garbage or curbside recycling bins.
- Sharps Containers must be returned to one of the designated disposal sites.
- Please do not drop-off Sharps Containers before or after published hours.
- Please use the Sharps Container for needles, syringes, and lancets only.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Do not return any unsealed Sharps Container. If the lid is defective, request a new lid when you return the container.
- At the disposal site, give your Sharps Container to authorized personnel and never leave it unattended.
- Keep the Sharps Container clean and free from blood.
- No other biomedical waste or red-bag waste will be accepted at these sites.
- Only County issued Sharps Containers are accepted at these sites.
- Please do not over-fill the Sharps Containers.
- Visit one of the disposal sites during the hours specified:
| Sanford Health Clinic |
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| Seminole County Environmental Services |
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Central Transfer Station |
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Seminole County Landfill |
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Casselberry Health Clinic |
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
All Fire Stations within Seminole County
(Fire stations may not be open if all units
are on a call.)
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Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
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RESOURCES
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Solid Waste
1950 State Road 419
Longwood, FL 32750
Phone: (407) 665-2260
Environmental Services
500 West Lake Mary Blvd
Sanford, FL 32773-7499
Phone: (407) 665-2000
Fax: (407) 665-2019
E-mail
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