DEA Controlled Substance Management

Overview

 We own and operate the only RCRA Incinerator in North America approved as a DEA Reverse Distributor.
We own and operate the only RCRA Incinerator in North America approved as a DEA Reverse Distributor.

Clean Harbors provides secure transportation and destruction of all types of DEA controlled substances including off-spec, out-of-date and returned products.

Transporting DEA controlled substances with Clean Harbors could not be simpler. Our personnel complete the required transfer paperwork, and our Company-owned trucks deliver the substances to our facilities for disposal. Afterward, we provide a Certificate of Destruction certifying the proper disposal of each controlled substance shipment. We also provide the following security provisions:

  • Shipment tracking
  • On-site vaulting at our Aragonite, Utah, facility
  • Witness destruction

DEA-Approved Reverse Distributor

Clean Harbors is the only RCRA Incinerator in North America that is also approved as a DEA Reverse Distributor. As such, Clean Harbors assumes full chain-of-custody ownership of Schedule I-V controlled substances from the pickup at the customer’s site to transportation and complete destruction. Our experts ensure:

  • Product security
  • Documentation and reporting to required federal agencies
  • Accurate segregation of hazardous and non-hazardous drugs 
  • Material ownership continuity 

Clean Harbors DEA Registration Number:  RC0331049