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Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal

Industry-leading pharmaceutical waste disposal services and solutions to help protect your patients, employees, and the environment.

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Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal

Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal

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Call 877-410-2137 today for a custom quote on medical waste services.

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Together, We Can Protect Our Communities and the Environment

Safe, Compliant, and Efficient

WM’s pharmaceutical waste solutions are designed for healthcare facilities to efficiently manage pharmaceutical waste. Our comprehensive services include waste characterization, staff training, and ongoing support for your team members to help ensure safety and regulatory compliance.

WM owns and operates an onsite technologically advanced incineration facility for the destruction of highly regulated and hard to handle products and materials including:

  • Hazardous pharmaceuticals and narcotics/controlled substances

  • Precursor containing pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter medications

  • Cosmetics and other consumer products

 

Industry Leader

We manage over 18 million kilograms of pharmaceutical waste annually for healthcare facilities of every size from small physician offices to the largest hospitals across the country.

Protecting the Environment and Your Communities

WM was a pioneer of eco-conscious pharmaceutical waste disposal and to this day, we’re committed to the innovation of new products and services to help our customers reach their sustainability goals. Learn more about how our CsRx controlled substance waste service can help protect your healthcare organization and community from drug diversion.

Clinics and Practitioners

WM’s Drug Disposal Service is a simple and easy solution for small hospitals and non-acute healthcare settings such as physician offices, clinics, and nursing homes that want to pursue eco-conscious pharmaceutical waste management with reliable collection and disposal.

 

Our team will tailor the program to your organization’s needs and provide easy to use tools for identifying your waste, all the necessary containers, and convenient online training on our customer portal to help ensure your business stays safe and compliant.

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Hospitals and Health Systems

WM’s Pharmaceutical Waste Compliance Service is the most cost-effective solution for hospitals and their affiliates to manage hazardous and non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste. WM can develop custom solutions driven by efficiency, compliance, and sustainability:

 

  • Waste characterization and identification of hazardous and/or Transport of Dangerous Goods (TDG) regulated materials and controlled substances as per Health Canada’s requirements

  • Containers for the facility-wide segregation and collection of pharmaceutical waste

  • Training programs and material for staff

  • Guidance on proper packaging and labeling

  • Tracked and documented shipping

  • Ongoing Aftercare support

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Contact us for a free quote today

877-410-2137

Additional Services

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Biomedical Waste Disposal

WM specializes in the end-to-end disposal of all wastes that may be described as regulated medical waste, biohazardous medical waste, biomedical waste and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) for facilities of all sizes.

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Compliant Sharps Waste Disposal and Management Solutions

We offer a wide range of reusable and single-use sharps containers and service options tailored to your facility type and size, to safely manage sharps disposal.

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Controlled Substance Waste Disposal

WM’s CsRx® Controlled Substance Disposal Service is designed to safely prevent diversion and ensure compliance when disposing of controlled substance waste.