Needle and Syringe disposal
If you find discarded syringes in a public place report them immediately using the below report form. Under normal circumstances, they will be collected within 1 hour of receiving a report. You should NOT remove needles or syringes yourself.
Due to the danger of needlestick injuries, needles and syringes should not be disposed of in the refuse collection. This presents a serious hazard to people collecting or handling the refuse.
Needle (sharps) disposal
Where a person treats themselves in their home, it is their responsibility to dispose of any clinical waste in a responsible way. This should be by using a sharps bin and taking this to a disposal point. There are 3 pharmacies within the Wychavon district that will accept Sharps boxes up to 9 litre, including purple lidded or “toxic” Sharps. These are listed below, as well as other pharmacies in Worcestershire who will accept the same.
Sharps bins are plastic containers designed for the safe disposal of hazardous waste. Sharps bins are available on prescription from your doctor. They can take needles, empty syringes, empty insulin cartridges and lancets. Some patients use ‘B-D safe clip' devices to remove the needle from the syringe. This does not need to be done if the needle and syringe are put straight into the sharps bin.
Where patients are prescribed sharps boxes by their GP they can take the full boxes back to their GP for disposal provided the practice is registered with Worcestershire County Council to accept this waste.
A list of sites within Wychavon (and surrounding districts) where Sharps boxes can be taken to, can be found here: Clinical waste (sharps) | Worcestershire County Council
Please note, this is managed by Worcestershire County Council, as the Waste Disposal Authority, and Wychavon District Council has no involvement in the approval of pharmacies.
For general information please contact: Client Services (Wychavon District Council)
Telephone: 01386 565018 between 9am and 5pm, Monday - Friday.
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