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Sharps bins again

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gail1 said:
am i the only one who has no problems with this i just take mine back to my gps and they dispose of them for me
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We do the same here. But my last place was council pickup and prior to that was the chemist, so there's no one policy.

Rob
 
I was supposed to leave mine out this morning but forgot! I set a reminder on my phone last week after phoning the council but a couple of days later I upgraded my phone and forgot all about the sharps bin reminder. I phoned the council this morning and grovelled so I have to wait for next Thursday now. Will take the bin out of the cupboard a few days before and set a new reminder. Silly moo!
 
Our local council won't take them, the chemists won't take them, so we are told to return them to the GP surgery. Only problem is I keep forgetting. We did it just the once when my son had to see our GP and he looked at me somewhat bemused when I asked if he could see to the disposal of it, but took it all the same. Now have about 6 more lined up in the garage. I must remember and take them down sometime. How big are all your sharps bins? Ours are only 1 litre and my son fills them up in no time, hence the collection! I wish we had decent size buckets, though I suppose that would take up more space in his room......
 
Tina63 said:
Our local council won't take them, the chemists won't take them, so we are told to return them to the GP surgery. Only problem is I keep forgetting. We did it just the once when my son had to see our GP and he looked at me somewhat bemused when I asked if he could see to the disposal of it, but took it all the same. Now have about 6 more lined up in the garage. I must remember and take them down sometime. How big are all your sharps bins? Ours are only 1 litre and my son fills them up in no time, hence the collection! I wish we had decent size buckets, though I suppose that would take up more space in his room......
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Mine are 5 litres and last me well over a year 🙂 The council pick them up and leave me a new one 🙂
 
The key thing is to only use the bins for the white bits (ie. needle + sheath) and throw the clear plastic cover in the normal rubbish/recycling.

I used to throw the whole lot in and they fill up very quickly but the needles themselves compact down quite well.🙂

Rob
 
Ikey the tinker said:
Just leave them on Boot's doorstep at 3am like I do - sorted.
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Oh you naughty person! I asked in Boots the other week as someone told me they take them, and it was an emphatic NO! They said they thought Superdrug did, but no, same response there.
 
Northerner said:
Mine are 5 litres and last me well over a year 🙂 The council pick them up and leave me a new one 🙂
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Lucky man! Wish we had 5 litre bins. Question to ask at next GP appointment I guess! You can't tell me 5 x 1 litre ones are more cost effective (prescription/dispensing costs also taken into account) than a 1 x 5 litre one. I could save our PCT millions with my bright idea!
 
Robster65 said:
The key thing is to only use the bins for the white bits (ie. needle + sheath) and throw the clear plastic cover in the normal rubbish/recycling.

I used to throw the whole lot in and they fill up very quickly but the needles themselves compact down quite well.🙂

Rob
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Ah - hadn't thought of that! We throw the whole lot in. Ok, time to review our practice! You're all quite smart really aren't you
 
Tina63 said:
Ah - hadn't thought of that! We throw the whole lot in. Ok, time to review our practice! You're all quite smart really aren't you
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Just long in the tooth !:D

I spent about 10 years filling them quickly. Then had a moment of realisation...🙄

Rob
 
I think I may start doing that (only needle not cap and other stuff)(when I get a new bin) but shouldn't we also put the used test strips in too?
 
rossi_mac said:
I think I may start doing that (only needle not cap and other stuff)(when I get a new bin) but shouldn't we also put the used test strips in too?
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My test strips just go in my normal waste as they are not sharp 🙂 I, too, have started just putting the needle in and chucking the rest in normal waste. Sharps bin is only about a quarter full and I've had it so long I can't remember when I got it - possibly November time last year 🙂
 
Northerner said:
My test strips just go in my normal waste as they are not sharp 🙂 I, too, have started just putting the needle in and chucking the rest in normal waste. Sharps bin is only about a quarter full and I've had it so long I can't remember when I got it - possibly November time last year 🙂
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right okay cheers, I know it should be obvious as it's a sharps bin, but when ever I was with a dsn at the hospital she put everything I used in the sharps bin, but I guess hospitals have to be extra careful.

Over n oot

Rossi 🙂
 
I went in a small hardware shop today. The owner has been Type I since childhood. Because of the recession he had been n the shop six days a week from 08:00 to 18:00. Anyway he now employs someone on a Wednesday and after a month feels he can leaved him to run the shop so is going to have Wednesdays off for the foreseeable future. He said he rang the council about collecting his backlog of sharps boxes as, like myself, he will not leaved then on the doorstep because of feral kids in the area. Jobsworth asked him how many he had and when he said six said anything over three was classed as industrial and would be chargeable. When he suggested they collect three for now he was told that he had been reclassified as"industrial" and collections would be chargeable. After going around in circles he has decided to ring again next week and hope he gets someone with an iota of common sense! What is this world coming to?
 
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