Sharps Compliance (SMED)

Overall impact
C (43)

Commentary

Sharps Compliance is an average overall performer. With a 'C' rating of 43.4 for overall impact (28th percentile compared to all companies), Sharps Compliance ranks 33rd out of 50 industry peers, behind Republic Services, Covanta, Avalon and 29 others, and ahead of E-Qure, China Everbright Environment, Perma Fix Environmental Services and 14 others. On top material causes for Sharps Compliance's industry (Waste Management), Sharps Compliance performs poorly in No Poverty (39.2 score), Healthy Oceans (37.7), Disaster Readiness and Effective Aid (25.8) and 3 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score. Sharps Compliance did not receive an 'A' rating on any cause.
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Company
Employees
190
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Commercial Services & Supplies
Sub-industry
Environmental & Facilities Services
SASB industry
Waste Management
Headquarters
Tx, United States
Share classes
SMED
Description
Sharps Compliance Corp. provides medical, pharmaceutical, and hazardous waste management services in the United States. It offers Sharps Recovery System for the containment, transportation, treatment, and tracking of medical waste generated outside the hospital and health care facility settings. The company also provides the TakeAway Recovery System to treat used needles, syringes, and other used healthcare products; Route-Based Pickup Service, a medical and hazardous waste pick-up service; and MedSafe, a solution for the safe collection, transportation, and disposal of unwanted and expired ultimate-user medications. Additionally, Sharps Compliance Corp. offers the TakeAway Medication Recovery System that facilitates the proper disposal of unused medications; the Black Pail Program for Rx, a solution with minimal segregation for the disposal of various pharmaceuticals; Inhaler Disposal to collect, transport, and destroy used pharmaceutical inhalers; and the Hazardous Drug Spill Control Kit for the cleanup of chemotherapy and other HD spills. The company also provides the TakeAway Recycle System for the collection and recycling of single-use medical devices from surgical centers and other healthcare facilities; ComplianceTRAC, a Web-based compliance and training program; and Universal Waste Shipback Systems to collect, transport, and recycle light bulbs, batteries, and other mercury-containing devices. In addition, it offers other solutions, such as the TakeAway Environmental Return System, SharpsTracer, Sharps Secure, Needle Disposal System, Complete Needle Collection and Disposal System, Pitch-It IV Poles, Asset Return System, and Spill Kit Recovery System, as well as Sharps MWMS, a medical waste management system. The company serves customers in home health care, retail clinics and immunizing pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, professional offices, assisted living and long-term care facilities, and government agencies, as well as distributors. Sharps Compliance Corp. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for Sharps Compliance, based on its industry sub-industry Environmental & Facilities Services. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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