Thank you for your reply. I certainly feel more at ease with things now. I think I'll go with household waste for the applicator as they will fill the sharps bin in no time. What do you do withe the sensor? Does it have a battery as I believe. It looks odd with my other bage of AA and AAA batteries for recycling or whatever they do with them.I think you will get different answers depending who you ask.
The sensor itself contains nothing sharp - the filament which goes in your arm is very fine.
However, it is inserted with a needles that is retracted into the applicator.
Some people feel the needle is protected so can go in normal waste (not recycling).
Others put the applicator in their sharp’s bin.
And another group gets their pliers out to dismantle the applicator to extract the needle.
You just recycle the lid bit? Rest in household rubbish, sensor itself and the applicator? I don't suppose this is the worst thing they get in household rubbish. I just worry about everything at the moment.For me box clear plastic bit all go in specific recycling bins rest-in household rubbish
Thank you.Sensor itself goes with batteries for me because it has a battery, the rest goes in household waste.
No I recycle the box and the plastic lid and the rest goes in household rubbishYou just recycle the lid bit? Rest in household rubbish, sensor itself and the applicator? I don't suppose this is the worst thing they get in household rubbish. I just worry about everything at the moment.
Thank you for clarifying.No I recycle the box and the plastic lid and the rest goes in household rubbish
What’s a 7l bin? What things go in there?Goes in my 7l bin as area I live in provides exactly for this purpose.
Oh, thanks, sorry if I was being dim. Not sure what size my sharps bin is, but I did ask for one with a big opening last time I got one as the applicator wouldn’t go into the opening in the bin I had for finger prick needles.It's a sharps bin, so needles, lancets etc and in our area that includes Libre and Dexcom sensors.
Thanks. Seems to be different whereabouts in the UK you are then. I’m in Wales anyway and the Welsh Senedd are responsible for our NHS, but you would think that the diabetes nurses would all get the same training.The 7l bin arrived uninvited at the chemist. I was a little confused. Turns out as soon as I got Libre on the NHS they were adamant that the debris had to go in it. I spent 2 years+ just putting in household waste when I was self funding. I have hidden the monstrosity in a wardrobe and just have the small one sitting on my kitchen top. Replace the litre one every 1-2 months and the 7Litre one yearly.
And another group gets their pliers out to dismantle the applicator to extract the needle.
Thanks for the link. That’s interesting. Did you try your local pharmacy for a sharps box (UK)?I'm in that group as I never got a big sharps box.
The official line from Abbott is https://www.freestyle.abbott/uk-en/support/faq/question-answer.html?q=UKFaqquestion-72
Did you try your local pharmacy for a sharps box (UK)?
Are you in the UK? I think originally I got my sharps bins from the surgery but then it became that I could get them from the pharmacy (no prescription required). So when I got the Libre 2 I asked for one with a big entrance hole. BTW I am in Wales, and I know some things are different here or even between surgeries etc I think. For instance, all recycling varies from council to council!I did not check if they had large ones but I get the small (1L ?) box from them on prescription.
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