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Kaiser Cooper Street OP Pharmacy 951
110 Cooper Street Fl 2 RM 22R03
Santa Cruz,
CA 95060
(831) 460-7750
Services Provided
Medication Drop Box
Medication drop boxes are installed at nearby locations such as pharmacies and law enforcement offices for residents to simply drop off their expired or unwanted household medication for safe, free, and convenient disposal.
Hours of Operation
University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) Student Health Center
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz,
CA 95064
(831) 459-2211
Services Provided
Medication Drop Box
Medication drop boxes are installed at nearby locations such as pharmacies and law enforcement offices for residents to simply drop off their expired or unwanted household medication for safe, free, and convenient disposal.
Hours of Operation
CVS Pharmacy 09331
600 Front Street
Santa Cruz,
CA 95060
(831) 426-7444
Services Provided
Medication Drop Box
Medication drop boxes are installed at nearby locations such as pharmacies and law enforcement offices for residents to simply drop off their expired or unwanted household medication for safe, free, and convenient disposal.
Hours of Operation
CVS Pharmacy 09332
1700 Mission Street
Santa Cruz,
CA 95060
(831) 457-2481
Services Provided
Medication Drop Box
Medication drop boxes are installed at nearby locations such as pharmacies and law enforcement offices for residents to simply drop off their expired or unwanted household medication for safe, free, and convenient disposal.
Hours of Operation
Horsnyder Pharmacy & Medical Supply
1226 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz,
CA 95062
(831) 423-2315
Services Provided
Hours of Operation
Medical Clinic Pharmacy
2025 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz,
CA 95062
(831) 426-0200
Services Provided
Hours of Operation
Walgreens 03158
1718 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz,
CA 95062
(831) 425-3911
Services Provided
Hours of Operation
Westside Pharmacy & Medical Supply
1401 Mission Street
Santa Cruz,
CA 95060
(831) 423-7175
Services Provided
Hours of Operation
UC Santa Cruz Police Department
114 Carriage House Road
Santa Cruz,
CA 95064
(831) 459-2231
Services Provided
Medication Drop Box
Medication drop boxes are installed at nearby locations such as pharmacies and law enforcement offices for residents to simply drop off their expired or unwanted household medication for safe, free, and convenient disposal.
Hours of Operation
What Can I Dispose Of?
Below are general guidelines for the products that will and will not be accepted in drop boxes.
Medicine
To protect your privacy, patients are reminded to remove all personally identifiable information on medication labels or packaging before disposing of unwanted medicine.
Residents may also go to selected locations to request a Mail-Back Package for expired or unwanted medicine.
Medications in any dosage form, except for those listed below, in their original container or sealed bag are accepted.
- Herbal remedies
- Vitamins
- Supplements
- Cosmetics
- Other personal care products
- Empty medical devices
- Batteries
- Mercury-containing thermometers
- Sharps
- Illicit drugs
- Pet pesticide products
If transferring medications to a sealed bag, please be sure to recycle remaining packaging.
Do not place medicine in the trash or recycling, and never flush them down the toilet.
Sharps
Sharps (such as hypodermic needles, pen needles, pre-loaded sharps, auto-injectors, intravenous needles, lancets, and other devices used to penetrate the skin for drawing blood, or for the delivery of medicines) contained in U.S. Food and Drug Administration-cleared sharps containers.
- Controlled substances (such as opioids)
- Unwanted medicines not contained in sharps
- Loose sharps that are not contained in U.S. Food and Drug Administration-cleared sharps containers
All sharps disposal 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; and properly labeled as “sharps waste” or with the biohazard symbol and the word “BIOHAZARD” to warn of hazardous materials inside the container.
Location Services
See descriptions of our services below.
Medication Drop Box
Medication drop boxes are installed at nearby locations such as pharmacies and law enforcement offices for residents to simply drop off their expired or unwanted household medication for safe, free, and convenient disposal.
Sharps Drop Box
Sharps drop boxes are installed at nearby locations such as pharmacies and law enforcement offices for residents to simply drop off their household sharps in an approved sharps container for safe, free, and convenient disposal.
Sharps Mail-Back Information
Information on mail-back disposal services for sharps is available throughout your community at nearby locations, such as pharmacies and law enforcement offices for residents, to inform residents how to request Mail-Back Packages.
NOTE: Not all services are available at each location. Visit the Find a Location page to find out what services are available at a specific collection site.