Disposal of needles, lancets, cartridges and pens

[MarSim]

Dear all,

I was wondering where you dispose of your needles, lancets, cartridges and insulin pens when you have finished with them? Do you have a sharps bin? Do you return it to the pharmacy or your GP when it is full?

Thank you very much

 

[asparagusp]

Welcome!! This is a question I have raised recently here. I found a place ie the council who will collect then at £30 a time so I'm still looking. If you find a GP/Hospital/Chemist let me know please. I'm in central London! Good Luck!

 

[MarSim]

Welcome!! This is a question I have raised recently here. I found a place ie the council who will collect then at £30 a time so I'm still looking. If you find a GP/Hospital/Chemist let me know please. I'm in central London! Good Luck!

Thank you for the prompt reply! I have been searching for information but I have not been finding many results. I will definitely inform you as soon as I find out.

 

[MarSim]

Everything goes in sharps bins which are then collected on a Thursday morning by our local council. I live in Nottingham.

Thank you for the prompt reply! Do you have to contact your local council for this to occur or does your GP/pharmacist arrange this for you?

 

[JMK1954]

My local council also provide and collect Sharps' bins when full. You need to ring them to find out what you need to do to get on their list. Where I live my GP had to ring them to set up this service for me. There might be a form for your doctor to fill in and return instead. I think the council has to provide the service for local residents. There is no charge made for this where I live.

 

[MikeTurin]

Dear all,

I was wondering where you dispose of your needles, lancets, cartridges and insulin pens when you have finished with them? Do you have a sharps bin? Do you return it to the pharmacy or your GP when it is full?

Thank you very much

I throw them near the kindergarten backyard, of course!



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Because there's a pharmacy wih outside a bin for disposing used needles and a bin for spoiled drugs.

 

[Rustytypin]

Hi, I have a prescription from my GP for a sharps bin which, when full I have to take it to the surgery and then get another prescription for a replacement, and so it goes on, possibly ad infinitum!

 

[Johnjoe13]

Well it looks like everything else in this country, it's a postcode lottery and depends where you are as to how to dispose of them.

 

[asparagusp]

It was suggested to me that a needle exchange centre might take them. Also BD who make needles I read also might take them - Have a look at their website.

 

[Diakat]

My council take them, but collection is erratic. Last lot I called when I knew there was about a week of space in my 5l bin. Two additionsl 1l bins later they actually came to collect... it is free though!

 

[Amy993]

I have sharps bins on prescription. When they are full i take them either to my local chemist or gp.

 

[Coopsman1]

My local council collect, and to arrange collection I can request a collection online or give them a call. Usually takes up to 7 days

 

[dancer]

Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board DSNs and the Community Pharmacist I have spoken to at my health centre tell us to put sharps in a plastic bottle and dispose of in the refuse bin. I'm not sure the council would agree with this but it's the only option I've been given.

 

[lindisfel]

Can't you dispose as per broken glass in general waste? Wrap in newspaper first? Of course local rules vary. D.

 

[asparagusp]

Can't you dispose as per broken glass in general waste? Wrap in newspaper first? Of course local rules vary. D.

It's illegal .....

 

[johnbear2]

I was told to put used needles with the caps on in an empty milk carton,seal it and dispose of carton in bucket

 

[steveyp]

It does seem a lottery, I'm near Wolverhampton and the surgery gave me one not on prescription and said just return it when its full.

 

[Deleted member 371625]

Sharps bin on prescription here, given out by and returned to pharmacy.
Technically, it is a biohazard as it is contaminated with human blood so can't go in the bin.
Worth asking GP or pharmacist.

 

[Braddy300]

In Liverpool the G.P. refers you to the council collection service, they then collect your sharps bin every 26 weeks have to say after waiting in all day twice I have had to phone up to arrange collection but they do then come out within 24 hours

 

[Ann1982]

"NewGreater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board DSNs and the Community Pharmacist I have spoken to at my health centre tell us to put sharps in a plastic bottle and dispose of in the refuse bin. I'm not sure the council would agree with this but it's the only option I've been given."
I live in Lanarkshire and that is the same info I have been given. My GP doesn't put them on prescription either