HOUSTON, Texas--Sharps Compliance Corp., a full-service provider of cost-effective management solutions for medical waste and unused dispensed medications generated outside the hospital and large health-care facility setting, is helping health-care professionals.

This includes doctors, dentists, vets, clinics, assisted living, and skilled nursing facilities save time, money and the environment with a “GREEN” alternative to their traditional medical waste pick-up service.

Since inception of the company, Sharps Compliance’s customers have prevented improper disposal of more than 600 million syringes from the solid waste stream and from potentially harming our citizens and the environment.

Medical and other health care-related facilities are discovering they have an alternative to the traditional medical waste pick-up service. The Sharps MailBack Recovery System is a solution for the containment, transportation, treatment, and tracking of medical waste. The system helps keep waste out of landfills, saving time. It is also less expensive to dispose with no long-term contracts, price increases ,or surcharges.

Green alternative to traditional medical waste pick-up service available

Sharps Compliance’s patent-pending GREEN Waste Conversion Process helps eliminate medical waste going into landfills. The process transforms discarded medical waste into a new product called PELLA-DRX--a clean, raw material used in manufacturing industrial resources.

“The Sharps MailBack Recovery System costs 50% less than the traditional pick-up service,” says Kent Lawson, DDS, Family & Cosmetic Dentists. “No more scheduling pick-ups, long-term contract requirements, and unexpected price increases. It also addresses all types of medical waste generated in my office, not just syringes.”

Added Hayley Nguyen, MD, Family Practice: “I never knew there was a GREEN alternative for medical waste disposal until I was introduced to the Sharps Compliance MailBack Recovery System. I am very impressed that they keep my medical waste out of landfills,”

The Sharps Mailback Recovery System is designed for self-injectors, retail, and mail-order pharmacies, communities, and facilities. This includes professional offices, tattoo, long-term care, and correction operations, home health care, pharmaceutical manufacturers, government agencies, and retail, commercial, and hospitality markets to facilitate the proper disposal of unused dispensed medications.

For more information, go to www.sharpsinc.com.

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