Jamie8899!
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Just been to hand mine in and they said they don’t take them but took my last one I handed in
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sharps bin?
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Welcome @Jamie8899! 🙂 This is a very old thread so might not have up to date information. Have you tried your local council for a collection service?
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Welcome to the forum @Jamie8899!
Sorry you’ve been having trouble with your sharps bin.
It does seem to vary from place to place. We had a thread a while back where people compared their experiences, whuch might give you an idea of some of the different systems across the country.
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Interestingly I had a sharps bin switchover only this morning. It‘s handled by the city council here, so I can book on their websire and my old one gets collected with a new one left in its place.
Sorry you’ve been having trouble with your sharps bin.
It does seem to vary from place to place. We had a thread a while back where people compared their experiences, whuch might give you an idea of some of the different systems across the country.
Sharps Bins? Easy or impossible.
For members who create ‘sharps’ as part of their diabetes management, I am interested in how easy or difficult the local authority in your area makes it to gather and dispose of these properly. I recently did a straw poll on Twitter and 42% of respondents either had no system in their area, or...
forum.diabetes.org.uk
Interestingly I had a sharps bin switchover only this morning. It‘s handled by the city council here, so I can book on their websire and my old one gets collected with a new one left in its place.
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