Sharps bin disposal Liverpool

[B12inUsa]

I need to dispose of my b12 sharps bin in Liverpool. I self inject without a prescription so I doubt my gp would take it and I also don’t want them to start questioning me etc. I can’t seem to find anything on the internet of where I can just go and do this! It seems a common problem. I keep reading about council collection. I work so this isn’t viable, I don’t have time to wait in and again I need a prescription or a referral for them to come etc. Even if you are diabetic some people across the UK have problems! It seems to the council/health services are concerned about the safety of all this and helping people trying to do the right thing. If you were a drug user, what would you do? Surely correct disposal should be encouraged not over complicated?! The lack of options is appalling.

[wedgewood]

Of course I don’t know about Liverpool , but my local chemists take my full yellow sharps box without question -no charge . So you could phone first and ask .

[B12inUsa in reply to wedgewood]

I will phone around a few then. Thanks!

[JanD236]

My local council in Surrey will collect one sharps bin a year, no questions asked. No need to wait in for collection, it just has to be sealed and hidden from full view, so left behind a bin etc.

So it’s worth contacting your council to ask arrangements in case you have similar.

[B12inUsa in reply to JanD236]

I will try that after the chemists. I don’t like the idea of leaving it lying around and don’t really have anywhere to hide it as I live on a main road and no bins to put by! I can imagine it will be some beuracratic nightmare with the council 🙂

[JosephNW10]

Here in London I use my local Addaction Needle Exchange - they're really wonderful .

They also give out advice on self-injecting, and free NHS disposable syringes.

I see from Google that there are Needle Exchanges in Liverpool, and some of them are run by Addaction.

[waveylines]

In yorkshire Ive used the needle exchange -you take your full needle box to a participating chemists & they will take the bin & give you an empty one. I bought the first one. Suggest you do an online search for your area?

[carer999]

Where I live the pharamcy won't take them as they are clinical waste and the local council web site states "We only collect syringes, needles or other sharps if they are in a prescription empty sharps container". As I don't want to tell my GP I can't get a perscription bin so I don't know what I am going to do with mine.

[Emyloulou]

I’m not sure if you ever sorted this but in Liverpool sharps bins are collected by the council. Just call them to arrange. Health centres, pharmacies etc won’t accept them.