MedSharps

What MedSharps does

MedSharps is a Schertz, Texas-based medical waste management company operating as a brand under parent entity Marshall Shredding. It provides removal, treatment, and disposal of regulated medical waste — including clinical, sharps, pathological, and biohazardous waste — for healthcare facilities across Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia. The company operates its own autoclave treatment facility in Schertz, reducing third-party handling, and supplements scheduled route-based pickups with on-demand service and a self-serve mail-back kit program for small-volume generators.

Its core product portfolio comprises four service lines: Medical Waste Disposal (route pickups and treatment), Medical Waste Containers (sharps, red-bag, and pathological containers), HIPAA-compliant Paper & E-Waste Shredding, and a Mail-Back Program. Underlying technology consists of in-house autoclave sterilization, chain-of-custody documentation systems with sealed containers and manifest verification, and a customer portal providing 24/7 access to manifests, certificates of treatment/destruction, and audit records. Compliance posture spans HIPAA, OSHA, EPA, and the CHWMEG Facility Review Program (completed October 2022).

MedSharps monetizes through recurring subscription contracts for route-based service with monthly billing, pay-as-you-go mail-back kits, hardware sales/rentals of certified containers, and per-engagement professional shredding services. Go-to-market is sales-led, combining inside-sales quote handling via phone and web with field sales for larger accounts and self-serve kit ordering for small generators. Customer segmentation spans 14 healthcare verticals including hospitals, dental clinics, physician offices, surgical centers, dialysis centers, blood banks, compounding pharmacies, funeral homes, veterinary clinics, and airports. Public pricing is not disclosed; contracts carry no long-term commitment requirements.

Name

MedSharps

Legal name

Marshall Shredding

Website

https://medsharps.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MedSharps is a Schertz, Texas-based medical waste disposal and treatment company serving healthcare facilities across Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia with route-based pickup, autoclave processing, HIPAA-compliant shredding, and mail-back kits for small generators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Waste Management Services

NAICS

Remediation Services (562910)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical & Biohazard Waste Disposal (RMW/Sharps) (IMAIAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sharps Management (Containers, Collection, Treatment) (BPALAGAD)

Keywords

• Medical waste disposal
• Sharps disposal services
• Biohazardous waste management
• HIPAA-compliant shredding
• Mail-back waste program

Headquarters

HQ city

Schertz

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Medical Waste Disposal Services: Scheduled route-based pickup and disposal of medical waste, bio-hazardous waste, sharps, and pathological waste from healthcare facilities. Revenue generated through recurring service contracts with pickup frequency based on facility volume.
2. Mail-Back Program: Pay-as-you-go mail-back kits for small-volume generators including certified containers, prepaid return shipping, processing, and documentation. Customers pay only when they ship a full kit.
3. Medical Waste Containers: Sale or rental of certified medical waste containers (sharps containers, red bags, pathological waste containers) to healthcare facilities.
4. Paper & E-Waste Shredding: HIPAA-compliant paper document shredding and electronic media destruction services for healthcare facilities requiring secure information destruction.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MedSharps provides scheduled removal, autoclave treatment, and disposal of medical, clinical, sharps, pathological, and bio-hazardous waste generated by healthcare facilities. It also offers HIPAA-compliant paper document and electronic media shredding services and a mail-back kit program for small-volume generators. Operations are supported by an in-house autoclave processing facility in Schertz, Texas, and serve customers across Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia.

Product overview

MedSharps is a medical waste removal and treatment facility offering a suite of waste management services primarily serving healthcare facilities in Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia. The core product portfolio consists of Medical Waste Disposal (removal, treatment, and disposal of medical and bio-hazardous waste), Medical Waste Containers (certified containers for sharps, red-bag waste, and pathological waste), Paper & E-Waste Shredding (HIPAA-compliant document and electronic media destruction), and a Mail-Back Program (certified kits with prepaid shipping for small generators). These services are unified by a customer portal that provides 24/7 access to compliance documentation including manifests, certificates of treatment, and chain-of-custody records. The company specializes in serving diverse healthcare settings including hospitals, surgical centers, dental clinics, physician offices, and veterinary clinics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Waste Disposal Scheduled removal, autoclave treatment, and disposal of medical, clinical, pathological, sharps, and bio-hazardous waste for hospitals, surgical centers, clinics, dental offices, veterinary practices, and other healthcare facilities.
• Medical Waste Containers Certified sharps containers, red-bag clinical waste containers, pathological waste containers, and biohazard containers available in various sizes for healthcare waste streams.
• Paper & E-Waste Shredding HIPAA-compliant paper document shredding and electronic media destruction (hard drives, USB drives, devices containing PHI) with locked consoles, tamper-evident seals, curb-to-curb handling, chain-of-custody, and certificates of destruction.
• Mail-Back Program Certified UN/DOT-compliant mail-back kits with prepaid return shipping labels for small-volume generators of sharps and clinical waste, including online manifest access and documentation.

Segments14 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CHWMEG (Healthcare Waste Management Evaluation Group)minorOthers · 5 October 2022CHWMEG reviewed MedSharps' facility operations against standards practiced by Fortune 500 companies. MedSharps successfully completed the Facility Review Program (FRP) on October 5, 2022, demonstrating adherence to industry best practices in healthcare waste management. This is a certification/evaluation relationship rather than a commercial partnership.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stericycle: Largest North American regulated medical waste services provider with national route-based pickup, treatment, and document destruction. Directly comparable to MedSharps across all waste streams but with vastly larger geographic and operational scale.
• Waste Management (WM Healthcare Solutions): Largest US waste hauler offering regulated medical waste, sharps, pharmaceutical, and document destruction to healthcare customers. Comparable service portfolio to MedSharps across TX/NC/GA but with national density and brand recognition.
• Clean Harbors: Major environmental and hazardous waste services company with healthcare waste disposal among its offerings. Comparable in autoclave/incineration-based treatment capability and HIPAA-compliant destruction services, but with a much broader industrial waste portfolio.
• Republic Services: Major US waste and recycling company with regulated medical waste and document destruction offerings to healthcare facilities. Comparable in route-based pickup and treatment but competes as a much larger diversified incumbent.
• Daniels Sharpsmart: Global reusable sharps container and medical waste service provider with treatment infrastructure. Comparable to MedSharps in the sharps disposal vertical, with broader geographic reach and reusable container technology.
• Stericycle's Eco-Safe and Mailback Programs: Listed separately from the parent Stericycle entry to highlight the specific mail-back and small-generator offerings that compete head-to-head with MedSharps' Mail-Back Program for low-volume healthcare customers.

Direct peers

• Red Bag Solutions: Medical waste disposal company providing mail-back programs and route services to dental, veterinary, and small healthcare generators. Closely comparable to MedSharps in the small-generator mail-back segment.
• Sharps Compliance Corp: Specializes in mail-back sharps and medical waste solutions for small-quantity generators, mirroring MedSharps' mail-back program. Also serves large hospital systems with route-based services, making it the closest public comparable.
• BioMedical Waste Solutions: Regional medical waste disposal company offering mail-back and route-based services to healthcare generators. Comparable in targeting small-to-mid healthcare customers and in mail-back kit program design.

Regional players

• Curtis Bay Medical Waste Services: Northeast US-based medical waste disposal company with autoclave treatment and route-based pickup. Comparable operating model (route + autoclave + mail-back) but different geography from MedSharps' Texas/Southeast focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MedsharpsSA
• Facebookfacebook.com/MedSharps
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/medsharps

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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