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Digital medical equipment

How to safely dispose of digital medical equipment

Glucometers

Digital thermometers

Oximeters

Examples of digital medical equipment

  • Blood pressure monitors
  • Glucose monitors
  • Digital thermometers
  • Sleep apnea machines
  • AED defibrillators

How to dispose

There are two ways to dispose of digital medical equipment depending on where you want to take them.

Electronics recycling drop-off

  • Take to an electronics recycling drop-off

Take old and broken digital medical equiptment for free to an electronics recycling drop-off. For full details, see Electronics Recycling program.

Items must have a power cord or run on a battery/charger and applies to portable medical devices for personal/home use only.

City Eco Centre recycling

  • Take to a City Eco Centre

Take old and broken digital medical equiptment for free to a City Eco Centre – if you bring with other garbage, charges will apply.

For full details, see Electronics Recycling program.

Special instructions

Do NOT put electronics in your blue cart as these items can damage the equipment at the recycling facility.

Map of electronics drop-off locations

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