Jackson is Mississippi's healthcare hub. Patients come from across the state for trauma care, specialty clinics and outpatient procedures, and the practices that support them stretch from downtown Jackson into Madison, Ridgeland, Brandon, Pearl and Clinton. EnviCare serves that metro on statewide Mississippi routes. Our Cartersville CareCenter in Georgia is both headquarters and plant, about 380 miles east, and Mississippi is part of the same Southeast network we run across seven states and North Florida. (Our Biloxi CarePoint covers Gulf Coast routes; Jackson is served on the statewide Mississippi network.)
Call 888-697-6342 or request a quote for medical waste pickup in Jackson.
Jackson Healthcare at a Glance
Three systems anchor care in the capital:
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University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) is the state's only academic medical center and operates Mississippi's only Level I trauma center, along with Children's of Mississippi and other specialty hospitals on the Jackson campus.
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Mississippi Baptist Medical Center on North State Street is a major full-service hospital in the Baptist Memorial Health Care system, with emergency, surgical, cancer and women's services.
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St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital on Lakeland Drive provides acute care, emergency and outpatient services for the greater Jackson area.
Around those hospitals sits a large outpatient economy: physician and specialty groups, surgery and imaging centers, dialysis clinics, dental and veterinary practices, pharmacies, labs, home health agencies, and nursing and assisted-living communities in Madison, Ridgeland, Brandon, Pearl, Clinton and Flowood. Most generate regulated medical waste every week and need a collector who shows up on schedule and keeps the paperwork straight.
How Service Works
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Step 1 — Tell us what you generate - Call or request a quote and describe your waste streams (biohazard, sharps, pharmaceuticals, trace chemo, paper records), your rough volume and how many locations you have.
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Step 2 — Get the right containers - We set you up with biohazard boxes or reusable containers, reusable or disposable sharps containers, and pharmaceutical, trace-chemo and shredding containers as needed. You can also order supplies through the EnviCare shop.
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Step 3 — Pick a schedule - Weekly, every other week, monthly or on call, based on how much you generate.
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Step 4 — We collect and document - Drivers pick up sealed containers and record each pickup on an electronic manifest, so you have a chain of custody when an inspector asks.
Our Services in Jackson
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Regulated medical waste - red-bag waste, contaminated PPE, dressings, tubing and other infectious waste.
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Sharps disposal - our reusable sharps container program, or disposable containers if you prefer.
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Pharmaceutical waste - pickup of non-hazardous pharmaceuticals, plus a pharmaceutical mail-back option.
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Trace chemotherapy waste - for infusion centers and oncology practices.
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Document destruction - NAID AAA certified off-site paper shredding, large purges and cleanouts, and secure document storage.
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E-waste and hard drives - electronics recycling and documented hard drive destruction with a certificate of destruction.
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OSHA and HIPAA training - online training for your staff that includes DOT medical waste training, which 49 CFR 172.704 requires before an employee can sign a medical waste manifest.
Have a hospital department, records center or multi-office group to clear out? EnviCare runs tractor trailers for large-volume jobs, not just route trucks.
Counties and Communities We Serve
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Hinds County - Jackson, Clinton and Byram
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Madison County - Madison and Ridgeland
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Rankin County - Brandon, Pearl and Flowood
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Nearby communities - Raymond, Richland, Florence and Terry
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Statewide Mississippi - practices with offices outside the metro can stay on the same account
Mississippi Compliance Note
Medical waste in Mississippi falls under two state agencies. MDEQ regulates how infectious medical waste is transported, treated and disposed of under the Mississippi Solid Waste Law and the Mississippi Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management Regulations. Manifests are not required by regulation, but MDEQ recommends that generators obtain certified manifests and keep them on file. EnviCare provides an electronic manifest for every pickup.
MSDH licenses healthcare facilities. Title 15, Part 16 of the Mississippi Administrative Code includes a Regulated Medical Waste section that requires a written medical waste management plan, sharps in leak-proof rigid puncture-resistant containers, and storage limits: infectious waste (other than sharps in approved containers) generally may not be stored on site more than seven days above 38°F, or up to 90 days at or below 32°F, without MSDH approval. Our Mississippi medical waste services page has a fuller summary. (This is general information, not legal advice.)
Jackson Medical Waste FAQ
Do you serve Madison, Ridgeland and Brandon too?
Yes. Madison County and Rankin County are part of our Jackson metro service area, including Madison, Ridgeland, Brandon, Pearl, Clinton and Flowood. Practices with offices in Jackson and the suburbs can keep every location on one account.
Does Mississippi require a medical waste manifest?
State rules do not currently require the collector to manifest medical waste, but MDEQ recommends that generators obtain certified manifests and keep them on file. EnviCare provides an electronic manifest for every pickup.
Can we mail in used sharps?
No. Sharps are collected through scheduled pickup, either with our reusable sharps program or with disposable containers. Our mail-back service is for pharmaceuticals only.
Where is EnviCare based?
Our headquarters and plant are at the Cartersville CareCenter in Bartow County, Georgia. Jackson is served through our statewide Mississippi routes.
Schedule Pickup in Jackson
Call 888-697-6342, email care@envicare.net, or request a quote. We'll recommend containers and a pickup frequency for your Jackson-area facility.
