Where do you dispose of used syringes?

[Anonymous]

I bring mine to the local Walgreens in a small sharps container.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:From a GLP1? I put the cap on and put it in my trash.

Wow 😲😲😲😲😳
SMH

Aww get off it. It has a cap and litteraly no one is touching my trash.

Selfish selfish selfish. People DO sort trash.

I have litteraly been to the dump, a big truck brings it in and dumps it out. No sorting. And even if they do, they have gloves that protect them. The real risk is someone going through my trash before it makes it to the dump which is a non issue where I live. I’m not in MoCo though. Not selfish at all. Just not freaking out over something that carries nearly zero risk .

Needles can go through these gloves very easily, PP. We were given a presentation by the manager at the trash site who told us that one of the most dangerous things people can do is throw their needles in the trash. The cap somewhat protects workers, but it can fail from being jostled with the rest of the trash, so even with a cap you're supposed to place all needles in a sharps container.

Stop getting defensive and do your duty already.

[Anonymous]

Serious question. Why do we need to use a sharps container when the glp 1 meds come in such a big plastic container and with a cap? Aren’t those protection enough?

[Anonymous]

Plastic Diet Coke bottle.

[Anonymous]

soda bottle or similar with screw top lid and then trash.

[Anonymous]

They belong in a sharps container then dropped off at a local pharmacy or the health department often has a sharps drop off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They belong in a sharps container then dropped off at a local pharmacy or the health department often has a sharps drop off.

But they are capped and not sharp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious question. Why do we need to use a sharps container when the glp 1 meds come in such a big plastic container and with a cap? Aren’t those protection enough?

I'm the person who said I take my used needles to Walgreens in a sharps container. I am not using GLP 1 meds. I have to take a medication for other reasons. To answer your question, you should take every precaution possible, rather than do the bare minimum when it comes to used needles.

[Anonymous]

NovoNordisk will mail you a sharps container and return shipping label for no cost.

You can also pick up a sharps container at any pharmacy (no cost, pharmacy counter)

Please dispose of your needles responsibly, even if they have caps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NovoNordisk will mail you a sharps container and return shipping label for no cost.

You can also pick up a sharps container at any pharmacy (no cost, pharmacy counter)

Please dispose of your needles responsibly, even if they have caps.

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[Anonymous]

I have a one quart plastic milk bottle that I put them in and then I throw them in the trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From a GLP1? I put the cap on and put it in my trash.

Wow 😲😲😲😲😳
SMH

Aww get off it. It has a cap and litteraly no one is touching my trash.

I chaperoned a preschool visit to a MoCo trash facility: people are sorting this trash, OP. Needles are incredibly risky for employees, they can transmit HIV and other deadly diseases, in addition to pricking them and contaminating them with the bacteria found in the trash and giving them blood poisoning. That cap is not safe.

GET A SHARPS CONTAINER. You are part of the problem.

I’m not arguing the sharps container, but why do they sort the trash? What is the point?
I understand sorting recycling, but doesn’t trash all just go to the dump?

[Anonymous]

Sharps container & drop off at local hospital ER when full. The way it's supposed to be done.

[Anonymous]

Sharps container. They are not expensive and it's selfish to not do the right thing.

[Anonymous]

Sharps container.