Please dispose of your used sharps in an approved ridged container

Please dispose of your used sharps in
an approved ridged container and return
to an registered Take-Back location.
**(see reverse side of this brochure for registered
Take-Back locations).
Whitby Operations
Centre
333 McKinney Drive
905.668.3437
www.whitby.ca/waste
Take-Back Locations for
Sharps and Expired Medication
Regional Waste Management Facilities
Bayly St.
Clements Rd.
Church St.
Hwy 401
Squires Beach Rd.
Regional Waste Management
Facility
1640 Ritson Road North,
Oshawa
Tel: 905.433.2050
Tuesday to Saturday
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays and holidays.
Miller Waste Systems*
1220 Squires Beach Road
Pickering
Tel: 905.426.4222
Municipal Hazardous Waste Only
Pharmacy Take-Back Programs
The Health Product Stewardship Association is a
not-for-profit association funded and governed by
the health products indusrty. This organization
supports the Ontario Medications Return Program
(OMRP) and the Ontario Sharps Collection
Program( OSCP). To find out where your nearest
Pharmacy Take-Back loaction is, visit:
www.healthsteward.ca
or contact Canada Health Products
Stewardship Association
Tel: 613-723-7282
Whitby Waste Management
By-Law #5795-06
Improper disposal of expired medications
and/or sharps (needles and syringes) can
cause a health risk to anyone that may come
into contact with them. The Town of Whitby’s
Waste Management By-Law #5795-06 states it
is an offence to dispose of these prohibited
waste and are subject to fines.