Medical Waste Disposal Silver Spring, MD

Several companies provide medical waste disposal in Silver Spring. MedPro Disposal is one: we have served healthcare facilities since 2009, we are a BBB A+ rated business, and customers rate us 4.5 out of 5 across 882 Google reviews. We pick up medical waste, sharps and pharmaceutical waste across Maryland. We confirm service at your address when you ask for a quote.

Start by asking each Silver Spring company what Maryland requires of a medical waste hauler; Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), Solid Waste Program can tell you what applies. Then compare where the waste is treated, whether you receive records for every pickup, how pickups are scheduled, and what the contract says about its length and about price increases.

Any Silver Spring facility that treats patients or handles blood, sharps or pharmaceuticals does. In federal Medicare and HRSA records, Silver Spring has 2 hospitals, 12 nursing homes, 5 dialysis centers, 10 surgery centers and 8 health center sites. The national provider registry also lists 95 physician offices with a lab certificate, 316 dentists and 70 pharmacies. Private practices, dental offices, veterinary clinics and laboratories generate it too, though not all of them appear in those records.

There is no single rate for Silver Spring: price follows your waste volume, container sizes, pickup schedule and building access. MedPro customers save an average of 30% over their previous hauler. Ask for a free, no-obligation quote based on your own facility.

A healthcare facility in Silver Spring generally cannot put regulated medical waste in the regular trash or take it to a public collection site. It is packaged, labeled and collected by a company that handles it under Maryland’s rules, where it is regulated as special medical waste. Household sharps and medicines follow separate local rules, so check with your local health department in Montgomery County.

In Maryland, the legal term is special medical waste, and the rules are cited as COMAR 26.13.11.02B, 26.13.11.03. Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), Solid Waste Program is among the agencies involved. Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) oversees workplace safety rules in Maryland. Local requirements can add to the state’s, so check what applies where your facility is in Silver Spring.

No, not for a healthcare facility. Sharps go into a puncture-resistant, closable, labeled or color-coded container, replaced before it overfills, and then into a collection program. Personal sharps from home have their own local options in Maryland.

MedPro Disposal provides online OSHA bloodborne pathogens and HIPAA training with certification to Silver Spring practices. OSHA requires the bloodborne pathogens training when someone is hired and at least annually after that.

We list 8 Silver Spring ZIP codes: 20901, 20903, 20907, 20910, 20911, 20912, 20993, and 20997. Service is confirmed address by address when you request a quote.

Cities near Silver Spring that we serve include Four Corners (1.5 mi), Forest Glen (1.7 mi), Takoma Park (1.8 mi), Langley Park (2.3 mi), Kemp Mill (2.7 mi), and Hillandale (2.9 mi). We pick up across Maryland, and we confirm service at your address.

Call (888) 641-6131 or fill in the form above. A Silver Spring quote starts from your ZIP code, practice type, waste types and approximate volume, plus whether this is new service or a change of provider.