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Santa Rosa County, Florida

Biomedical waste disposal in Pace, FL

Pace has grown quickly as a suburb between Milton and Pensacola, and its healthcare has grown with it: newer practices, urgent care and dentistry in buildings that did not exist a decade ago.

Get a quote today

Tell us about your facility and the Mobile office will call you back.

Or call (251) 300-6143.

  • No long-term contracts

    You stay because the pickups happen, not because a contract says so.

  • No hidden fees

    Mail-back has no minimum purchase and no fuel surcharge either.

  • Local pickup

    South Alabama, South Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle.

  • Mail-back anywhere

    Prepaid return boxes to all 50 states, for offices that make very little.

Labeled waste segregation station with a container for each stream

In Pace

What we collect here, and from whom

A growing practice outgrows its waste plan quietly. The container that was right for two exam rooms is wrong for five, and the interval that suited one provider is wrong for three, usually noticed only when something overflows.

Both are easy to change here, because nothing is fixed by contract. Tell us the room count and the provider count changed, and the container sizes and interval change with them.

BioMed works from one office, at 1909 Brookdale Drive West in Mobile, AL, and the Panhandle is inside the local pickup area run from it. Pace is in Santa Rosa County, inside the local pickup area. See the rest of the Florida Panhandle, or contact us and the Mobile office will reply.

  • Growing group practices Injection and draw sharps across an increasing room count.
  • Urgent care Suture and injection sharps from a walk-in list that keeps growing.
  • Dental and orthodontic offices Sharps and extraction waste from practices that keep adding chairs.
  • Physical therapy and wellness Dry needling needles, which are sharps whatever the gauge.

Florida rules

What Florida asks of you

Florida calls it biomedical waste and runs it through Chapter 64E-16 of the Florida Administrative Code. A short guide, for orientation.

  • A permit from your county

    Facilities that generate biomedical waste apply for an annual permit to the county health department where the business sits. Here that is the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County.

  • The 25-pound exemption

    A facility that can document less than 25 lbs in every 30-day period over the previous 12 months can qualify for an exemption from the permit. The rest of the rule still applies.

  • 30 days on site

    Biomedical waste may not be stored at the generating facility for more than 30 days, so the pickup schedule has to keep up.

  • A plan and trained staff

    Facilities keep a written biomedical waste operating plan. Staff are trained before they handle the waste and take a refresher every year.

Source: Florida Department of Health, Biomedical Waste Regulation. A summary for orientation, not legal advice. Check the current rule with the agency.

Two ways to dispose

Pickup or mail-back

It comes down to how much you make. Steady volume suits a truck on a schedule. An office that fills a few containers a month can skip the truck and mail them back.

Scheduled pickup

For clinics, practices and facilities with steady volume

  • Containers and bags supplied for each waste stream
  • Routine or flexible pickups, adjusted when your volume changes
  • Collected by trained, experienced personnel
  • Waste manifest and proof of legal destruction every time
  • Local across South Alabama, South Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle, from our Mobile, AL office
Quote a pickup schedule

Mail-back

For small quantity generators, 0 to 50 lbs a month

  • Systems from 1 quart to 28 gallons
  • Prepaid return box and a pre-filled manifest
  • Email tracking from pickup to destruction
  • Electronic certificate of disposal
  • No contracts, no minimums, no fuel surcharges

Questions

Medical waste in Pace, answered

Something we did not cover? The office that serves you can answer it.

Mobile, AL(251) 300-6143

We have added providers. Do we need to change anything?

Probably the container sizes and the interval. Tell us and both change, with no contract to renegotiate.

Do you pick up in Pace?

Yes. Pace is in Santa Rosa County, inside the local pickup area.

Who issues our biomedical waste permit?

The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County, annually.

How many containers do we need?

One as close as practical to each point of use, which normally means one per treatment room.

Is there a contract?

No long-term contract and no hidden fees.

A quote for Pace

Tell us what you generate and where you are. The Mobile office comes back with a quote, and there is no contract to sign.