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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cugila" data-source="post: 157207" data-attributes="member: 15325">Hi PhoenixI wish someone would bang a few heads together. As we found in previous discussions about this it can depend on which part of the country you live in as to what local rules apply. My area classes insulin pens and similar pens the same as syringes so says they should be disposed away from household waste, other areas are different again. Even in large metropolitan areas here there are different views as to what should happen. My own Diabetic Clinic instructs patients to put them in a sharps box. Even the best run councils here are not averse to ignoring rules and advice on cost grounds ! . Last time we checked out some  Council websites around the country and manufacturers we got as many different answers. However the consensus was that it should be treated as clinical waste and that's what we advise.  As before people are free to do what they like if they don't agree.   You volunteering to do the 'spade work' and get a definitive answer ? I wish you luck.   :wink: Ken</blockquote>

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