Pharmacies
We can help you manage the complex demands of compliant pharmacy waste management, allowing you to focus on your business.
Protect Your Employees, Customers, and Community
Stericycle supports the leading role pharmacists hold as healthcare providers in our communities. From vaccination programs to offering safe disposal of consumers’ unwanted medications and used sharps, we have partnered with thousands of pharmacies of all sizes to provide easy to use regulated waste disposal services. We help your business promote health and safeguard the environment.
How we help
There are strict compliance requirements around pharmaceutical waste and other healthcare wastes. It must be correctly segregated, appropriately labelled and packaged for transport, stored safely in a secure place and described accurately on all documentation. But we know that you didn’t choose a career in pharmacy to focus on the complexities of waste management - that’s our passion!
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Recommended Waste Disposal Solutions for Pharmacies
Our solutions offer a variety of safe, secure, and compliant container options for the following types of waste generated in your facility.
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Sharps Waste
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Infectious Waste Disposal
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Chemical Waste
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Pharmaceutical Waste
Example sharps include:
- hypodermic needles, syringes and syringe barrels
- used medicine vials
- scalpels, razors and razor blades
- phials, pipettes, test tubes, broken glass
Infectious Waste Disposal
Example infectious wastes include:
- contaminated dressings
- disposable gowns and gloves
- other contaminated PPE
- contaminated bed roll
Chemical Waste
Example chemical waste includes:
- steriliser, disinfectants and detergents
- solvents
- batteries
Phamaceutical Waste
Example pharmaceutical wastes include:
- returned and out-of-date medicines
- controlled drugs destruction kits
- cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines
- recalled pharmaceutical stock
Sharps waste
Example sharps include:
- hypodermic needles, syringes and syringe barrels
- used medicine vials
- scalpels, razors and razor blades
- phials, pipettes, test tubes, broken glass
Infectious Waste Disposal
Example infectious wastes include:
- contaminated dressings
- disposable gowns and gloves
- other contaminated PPE
- contaminated bed roll
Chemical Waste
Example chemical waste includes:
- steriliser, disinfectants and detergents
- solvents
- batteries
Phamaceutical Waste
Example pharmaceutical wastes include:
- returned and out-of-date medicines
- controlled drugs destruction kits
- cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines
- recalled pharmaceutical stock
Looking for something else? Learn more about some of our other solutions for Pharmacies
Put your trust in a leading specialist waste partner
All of our waste containers are UN approved and we have our own fleet of vehicles operating across Ireland with dedicated waste disposal facilities - this means that we can offer you compliant, fully trackable and auditable end-to-end specialist waste solutions that will help protect your business, your employees and your clients.
Why we're the perfect partner for you
You segregate
Segregate and store each type of specialist waste separately from your general waste.
We collect
Either on an agreed regular schedule or you can contact us for additional or ad-hoc collections.
We treat & dispose
All your waste is compliantly and securely processed, giving you peace of mind.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Compliant waste management is critical in the protection of people, the environment and our communities.
Poor waste management exposes employees, waste handlers and the community to infections, toxic effects and injuries. Such as air, water pollution, disease and needle stick injuries.
Failure to correctly segregate, store, transport and treat healthcare waste can result in pollution, prosecution, fines and bad publicity.
The national colour-coded segregation system identifies and segregates waste on the basis of waste classification and suitability of treatment/disposal options.
When segregating waste you must consider both the appropriate waste stream (colour coding) and the appropriate packaging.