Sharps Disposal?

[JaxTerri]

How do you dispose of your sharps container when it's full? I bought a red plastic sharps container with a lid but have never thought about how to dispose of it. As always, thanks for your replies :)

[Mich]

I went to my city's website and looked under Environmental Health--Household Hazardous Waste.

I found that my particular area will accept any hard-sided plastic container full of sharps in our regular trash pick up if it is marked "Medical Waste."

I save my bleach bottles for the purpose, but they also will supply them if I contact Environmental Health.

[barko]

Safe Needle Disposal (http://www.safeneedledisposal.org/dispcenters)

[Schlep]

Take it into your pharmacy.

[GrammyByer]

Check with your local hospital. I return my sharps container to the hospital when it is full - on Wednesdays, that is the day for pick up where i go. They will give you a new container.

[KickStart101]

I also get a free one at my Pharmacy, fill it up,
return it to them and they give me another one
everytime I bring a full one in.

[shabbie6247]

uk residents just return your sharps bin to the pharmacy once its sealed.
you can request a new one from on your repeat prescription.

[ant hill]

In Melbourne Australia we have a needle exchange, I just return my yellow containers full and i get an empty one and the service is free :D

[noogsy]

i have a little pen and my sharps have a little lid on.so when i get a new one out i put the new lid on the old sharp so i never put a uncovered sharp in the bin(am i making sense)ive got to go to the diabetes clinic this morning so i will ask as there probably is a system in place.love noogsy

[Jill-O]

I'm in Virginia. My nurse told me it's okay to use a drink bottle w/ a screw on lid. I use a gator ade bottle, b/c they have bigger openings. When it's full, I just throw it in the trash (with the lid on of course) and was told this is acceptable in my state.

[Dervish]

I'm in Virginia. My nurse told me it's okay to use a drink bottle w/ a screw on lid. I use a gator ade bottle, b/c they have bigger openings. When it's full, I just throw it in the trash (with the lid on of course) and was told this is acceptable in my state.

I've been told the same in Minnesota, although the recommendation here was a milk jug (provided the lid screws on instead of snapping on) rather than a drink bottle and it's supposed to have something like "do not recycle - household medical waste" written on it.