Needle disposal

[Nrxx1234]

Hi. Where do you take your sharps box to dispose of it safely in the U.K.? I'm in the south east. Thanks.

[Gambit62 Administrator]

disposal can vary from place to place - contact your local council - they may have a service - alternatively they may point you at taking them to your local GP surgery for disposal

[wedgewood]

Google for chemists in your area that take full sharps boxes . I did that and found that nearly all do . No charge . No problems . I didn't take my box to surgery as they disapprove of my self-injecting !

[JMN2017]

Do you get a (free) replacement box or do you have to pay/buy your own?

Thanks

[Nrxx1234 in reply to JMN2017]

I haven't got one yet. I'm thinking about self injecting and wondered how the sharps box removal worked.

[wedgewood in reply to JMN2017]

They didn't give me one ! I think that they're quite cheap . My council does not take them . Arrangements are different all over the country .

[fbirder]

I looked it up on my local coucil's website.

Now I give them a ring and they tell me to leave it outside on a particular day. Then they pick it up and leave a replacement.

[JMN2017]

That's great, fbirder

Being diabetic, I have a sharps box from my surgery. I'm assuming that, even with needles and empty ampoules, they won't inspect the contents and exchange as usual I was interested as to how other people managed