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Local Florida County Sharps and Needle-Collection Programs

Find help in disposing of needles from your home. List updated March, 2012

Needle-collection programs exist in many Florida counties. These programs will help you in disposing of needles, syringes with needles, and lancets that have been used by you or a family member in the treatment at home of an allergy, acute illness, or chronic disease such as diabetes. Use the list below to check for program availability in your county. These programs are county specific, so call your county contact person for more information. If your county does not appear in the list below, please contact Gina Vallone-Hood or Penny Barwick at (850) 245-4277 for more information.

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County Contact Phone Website
Alachua Louis Philor 352-334-7934 www.alachuacounty.us/Depts/EPD/hwc/Pages/CollectionCenters.aspx
Bay Laura Gould 850-747-6018 None
Bradford Amie Johns 904-964-7732 http://www.doh.state.fl.us/chdbradford/index.html
Brevard Yvette Torres 321-633-2042 www.brevardcounty.us/swr/pdf/sharps.pdf
Broward Michael Spindell 954-467-4935 www.browardchd.org/environmental/BiomedicalWasteSharpsDisposal.aspx
Charlotte Barbara Kula 941-764-4360 www.charlottecountyfl.com/PublicWorks/solidwaste/HazardousWaste/hazdispose.asp#Needles
Citrus Carol Hanewinckle 352-527-0068 www.doh.state.fl.us/chdCitrus/pharmacy.htm#sharpsdisposal
Clay Jutta Karibo 904-529-2801 www.doh.state.fl.us/chdClay/Environmental/Sharps.htm
Collier Danette Huff
Collier Co. Solid Waste		 239-252-8479 www.colliergov.net/Index.aspx?page=691
   Naples
   Community
   Hospital		 Gerry Mahnke 239-436-5416 None
Columbia Bill Lycan 386-752-6050 None
Desoto Keith Keene 863-993-4601 None
Dixie Linda Hatch 352-498-1360 None
Escambia Paul Stevens 850-937-2156 None
Flagler Susan Welsh 386-437-7350 ext. 2240 www.doh.state.fl.us/chd/volusia/EH/programs/PDF/CommunitySharpsBrochure.pdf
Gilchrist Jana Land 352-463-3120 None
Glades Brian Prowant 863-946-0212 www.doh.state.fl.us/chdGlades/sharpsdisposal.html
Hamilton Sharon Gay 386-792-1414 None
Hardee Teresa Carver 863-773-5089 None
Hendry Brian Prowant 863-674-4047 www.doh.state.fl.us/chdHendry/sharpsdisposal.html
Hernando Jeff Howley 352-754-4906 www.hernandocounty.us/utils/solidwaste_recycling/assessdecals.htm
Highlands Christy Reed 863-655-6477 hcbcc.net/Sharps.html
Hillsborough David Valleri 813-307-8015 http://www.hillscountyhealth.org/absolutenm/templates/?a=83&z=35
Indian River Stacy Shields 772-794-7440 None
Jefferson Beth Thorne 850-342-0184 None
Lafayette Mary Bunner 386-294-1321 None
Lake Jack Fillman 352-343-9458 www.lakecountyfl.gov/departments/public_safety/fire_rescue/sharps_disposal_program.aspx
Lee Richard Tompkins 239-690-2130 www.lee-county.com/solidwaste/Autopage_T1_R80.htm
Leon Joya McCarty
or
Alex Mahon		 850-606-8350 None
Levy Liz Powers 352-486-5300 None
Manatee Joe Busciglio 941-748-0747 www.doh.state.fl.us/chdManatee/Pdf/SharpsBrochure.pdf
Marion Alex Peacock
Marion County Health Dept.
or
Royette Bateman Marion Co. Solid Waste		 352-622-7744

352-671-8496		 www.marioncountyfl.org/solidwaste/specialprograms_sharpsprogram.aspx
   City of    Ocala Shirley Mizelle 352-351-6697 www.ocalafl.org/COO3.aspx?id=301&terms=needle+OR+syringe+OR+disposal
Martin Evelyn Iannuzzi 772-221-4090 www.doh.state.fl.us/chdMartin/SHARPS.htm
Miami-Dade Grisellyn Schmidt 305-623-3500 ext. 3590 www.dadehealth.org/downloads/sharps%20disposal.pdf
Nassau Nassau County Solid Waste Dept. 877-362-5305 None
Okaloosa Jim Reece 850-651-7394 None
Orange Maciej Lewandowski 407-521-2630 Orange County Sharps Program (pdf, <1mb)
Osceola Janet O'Berry
or
Danny Sheaffer		 407-962-1101

407-962-1102		 osceola.org/solidwaste/108-6986-6974/sharps_program.cfm
Palm Beach Bob Gallo 561-837-5928 None
Pasco Greg Crumpton 727-841-4221 None
Pinellas William Bongiovanni 727-507-4336 www.pinellashealth.com/EH_BiomedicalWaste.asp
Polk Israel Juarbe 863-519-8330 None
Putnam John Holmes 386-326-7189 None
Sarasota Carolynn Balcar 941-861-6096 www.sarasotahealth.org/communityprograms/disposal.htm
Seminole Jane Marshall
or
Tom Waters		 407-665-2250

407-665-2261		 www.seminolecountyfl.gov/envsrvs/solidwaste/sharps.asp
Sumter Jimmy Wise 352-793-3368 None
Taylor Joanie Cruce 850-584-5087 None
Union Amie Johns 386-496-3211 www.doh.state.fl.us/chdUnion/index.html
Volusia Greg Thomas 386-274-0702 www.doh.state.fl.us/chd/volusia/EH/programs/PDF/CommunitySharpsBrochure.pdf
Wakulla Pad Juarez 850-926-3591 None
Walton Crystal Steele 850-892-8021 None
Washington Debbie Perryman 850-638-6240 None
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