Sharps Disposal
The Individual Sharps Disposal Program (ISDP) is designed to provide individuals who use sharps at home a place for proper disposal for free. The ISDP is not for commercial use. Commercial waste generators are required to have an operating permit from the Florida Department of Health in Glades County per Chapter 64E-16, Florida Administrative Code and 381.006, 381.0098 FS. Law.
Store sharps in approved biohazard containers only; milk jugs and plastic coffee cans are unsafe as these items are not puncture resistant.
Sharps containers are sold at the Florida Department of Health in Glades County for $3.00 each.
Biomedical Waste
Biomedical waste is any solid or liquid waste which may present a threat of infection to humans, including non-liquid tissue, body parts, blood, blood products of infection to humans, including, and body fluids from humans and other primates, laboratory and veterinary wastes which contain human disease-causing agents, and discarded sharps. All biomedical waste must be properly stored and contained prior to pick-up, delivery and disposal.
Biomedical Waste Disposal Sites
The following locations are approved drop-off sites:
The Florida Department of Health in Glades County
1021 Health Park Drive
Moore Haven, FL
The Florida Department of Health in Hendry County
1140 Pratt Blvd.
LaBelle, FL
The Florida Department of Health in Hendry County
1100 Olympia Ave.
Clewiston, FL