Sharps disposal boxes installed in Eau Claire County
Eau Claire County community members have new options for safely getting rid of needles, lancets, syringes, and other sharps devices.
Several local partners worked together to install nine large sharps disposal boxes in Eau Claire County at the following locations:
Images of sharps disposal boxes in Eau Claire County
Altoona:
Altoona Public Works, 2000 Spooner Ave., Altoona (outdoors)
Augusta:
Augusta City Hall, 145 W. Lincoln St., Augusta (indoors, available 24/7)
Coon Fork Campground, E25501 Co Rd CF, Augusta (outdoors)
Eau Claire:
Big Falls County Park (north entrance), 500 N. 110th Ave., Eau Claire (outdoors)
Eau Claire County Jail lobby, 710 2nd Ave., Eau Claire (indoors, available 24/7)
Eau Claire County Government Center (law enforcement center), 721 Oxford Ave., Eau Claire (indoors)
Owen Park (near the tennis courts), 501 1st Ave., Eau Claire (outdoors)
Wilson Park, 500 S. Barstow St., Eau Claire (outdoors)
Fairchild:
Fairchild Community Center, 121 Farmer St., Fairchild (outdoors)
All disposal boxes are free and can be used 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (except the law enforcement center, which has hours from 8-4:30pm). Don’t place medications and other hazardous material in the sharps disposal boxes. Unused or expired medications should be taken to a free medication drop-off location.
The door opening is about 6 inches by 13.5 inches and can accept some personal-sized red biohazard containers. A laundry detergent bottle will not fit.
In addition to using these new sharps disposal boxes, community members should talk with their doctor or pharmacist about disposal options through their healthcare system - see locations below.
Marshfield Medical Center - 2116 Craig Rd., Eau Claire (715-858-4500)
Location accepts sharps in approved containers. Free for patients; $4 fee for non-patients.
Mayo Clinic Health System
Clairemont Campus Pharmacy- 733 W. Clairemont Ave., Eau Claire (715-838-5000)
Luther Campus Pharmacy - 1400 Bellinger St., Eau Claire (715-838-6000)
Both the Clairemont and Luther locations accept sharps in approved containers. Containers can be purchased at the pharmacy. For containers not purchased from the pharmacy, a disposal fee of $1-$3 will be collected based on container size
Vivent Health -505 S. Dewey St., Suite 107 (715-836-7710)
Location accepts sharps from participants in its syringe access services program.
Learn more about sharps disposal by visiting ECHealthAlliance.org/resources and scroll to “Eau Claire County sharps disposal” or by viewing this handout.