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Organization:
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Region of Peel - Battleford Community Recycling Centre - Household Medical Waste Disposal
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Phone Numbers:
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905-791-9499 or 905-584-2216
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Address:
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2255 Battleford Rd
Mississauga, ON
L5N 8P6
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Map
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Intersection:
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Erin Mills Pkwy and Battleford Rd
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Location:
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Mississauga (Streetsville)
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Hours:
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Service | |
| Sun | 8:30am-4:30pm | |
| Mon | 8:30am-4:30pm | |
| Tue | 8:30am-4:30pm | |
| Wed | 8:30am-4:30pm | |
| Fri | 8:30am-4:30pm | |
| Sat | 8:30am-4:30pm | |
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Service Description:
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Ensure that household medical waste is placed in the garbage * never put home health-care waste in your recycling or organics cart
Household medical waste include:
disposable face masks (surgical, N95)disposable glovescastscatheterscolostomy bagsdialysis waste (e.g. tubing, filters, disposable towels and sheets)disposable pads, gowns, gloves, masks and apronsgastric and nasal tubsIV bags and tubingsoiled dressing and incontinence productssponges
When placing household medical waste in the garbage:place it inside two plastic bags (double-bag it), andplace the double-bagged waste in the garbage
Sharps must be placed in biohazard containers * sharps include needles, syringes, lancets, injection pens and auto-injectors * biohazard containers are available for free at the Region’s Community Recycling Centres (CRCs)or through pharmacies participating in the Ontario Sharps Collection Program (healthsteward.ca) * customers can pick them up, and dispose of them, for free
Call to ask how to be added to the Region's medical waste exemption list if home health care waste exceeds garbage capacity
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Eligibility / Target Population:
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Not applicable
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