Can the Freestyle Libre applicator be recycled?

[Rosie9876]

Abbott should have a scheme to recycle Libre applicators. As far as I know, they are not suitable for recycling and it all adds up to a lot of plastic waste.

 

[KennyA]

I guess there's a health/contamination issue with that. There will be bodily fluids on the sensor and I assume would be treated similarly to surgical waste, which iirc is always incinerated.

 

[agylli]

I take the needle and spring out of the applicator and put all the plastic in the local recycling.