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Medical waste disposal for dental offices

Dental practices are the classic mail-back customer, and the one waste stream that catches offices out is not the sharps. It is the amalgam, which cannot go in the trash, cannot go down the drain and cannot go in the red bag.

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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.

Technician fitting a replacement sharps container in a dental operatory

What an operatory generates

Three streams, three containers

Sharps, red bag waste and amalgam each need their own container, and only the first two are obvious. Anesthetic carpules and needles, orthodontic wire and blades fill a sharps container steadily. Extraction gauze and blood-soaked cotton rolls make red bag waste. Scrap amalgam, chairside traps and separator contents are a third thing entirely.

Scrap amalgam contains traces of mercury. It cannot go in regular trash and it cannot go in a bio-hazard container with red bag and sharps waste. It goes in a dedicated amalgam recycling container, which we supply.

  • Dental sharps Anesthetic needles and carpules, blades, burs, endodontic files and orthodontic wire.
  • Red bag waste Blood-soaked gauze, cotton rolls, extracted tissue and contaminated PPE.
  • Scrap amalgam Chairside trap contents, vacuum screens, separator canisters and extracted teeth with restorations.
  • Expired materials Out-of-date anesthetics and other pharmaceuticals from the cabinet.

What applies to you

The rules behind the containers

Dentistry has one rule of its own on top of the standards every practice meets, and it is about the drain.

  • Bloodborne pathogens

    OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1030 covers the exposure control plan, sharps containers, labeling and annual training.

  • The EPA amalgam rule

    Dental dischargers to a public sewer are covered by 40 CFR 441, which is the rule behind amalgam separators and best management practices.

  • Amalgam is recycled, not disposed

    Scrap amalgam goes to a recycler in its own container. Never in the red bag, never in the sharps container, never in the trash.

  • Proof either way

    Mail-back returns an electronic certificate of disposal. Scheduled pickup leaves a manifest and proof of destruction.

A summary for orientation, not legal advice. Check the current rule with the agency, or call the office in Mobile, AL.

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
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Your account

What a dental practice usually buys

Most single-site practices need less than they are being sold. Here is the usual shape of it.

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  • A sharps mail-back system

    One quart to 28 gallons depending on chair count. Prepaid return, no minimum purchase.

  • An amalgam recycling container

    For trap contents, separator canisters and scrap, kept well away from the other two streams.

  • Scheduled pickup, if bigger

    Multi-chair or multi-site practices over 50 lbs a month usually do better on a truck schedule.

  • OSHA training in the portal

    Bloodborne Pathogens, Hazcom and HIPAA with instant certificates, on desktop, tablet or phone.

Questions

Dental Offices, answered

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

Mobile, AL(251) 300-6143

Can scrap amalgam go in the sharps container?

No. Scrap amalgam contains traces of mercury and cannot go in regular trash or in a bio-hazard container with red bag and sharps waste. It goes in a dedicated amalgam recycling container.

Is mail-back enough for a dental office?

For most single-site practices, yes. Mail-back is built for 0 to 50 lbs a month, with systems from 1 quart to 28 gallons and no contracts or minimum purchase.

What can go into a sharps mail-back system?

Sharps only, no liquids. The larger 5 to 28 gallon systems take full, sealed sharps containers and red bags, but loose sharps must not go in them.

Do you supply amalgam containers?

Yes, amalgam recycling containers are part of the mail-back range and can be ordered from the shop.

Do you cover OSHA training for the practice?

Yes, through the online compliance portal: Bloodborne Pathogens, Hazcom, HIPAA and more, with instant certification and Safety Data Sheet management.

Other facilities

We collect from these too

All 40 facility types we serve

Services

How the waste actually leaves

Local pickup runs from our Mobile, AL office, and mail-back ships to all 50 states. Compare all services.

A quote for dental Offices

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

Request a quote Mobile, AL(251) 300-6143