[Rosemary]

How do folk get rid of clinical waste - used syringes, needles, bottles of vaccines etc? I have a sharps box which will take a long time to fill but at some point I'll have to dispose of the contents.

[F.CUTHBERT]

You could take it back to the vet assuming you bought them from the vet in the first place.

[Rosemary]

Some I did, some I didn't. Our vet will take it and charge for disposal if they didn't supply.

[MAK]

Just dump them in any hospital or GP surgery - they will by obligation dispose of them with their own waste - syringes, swabs, limbs etc

[Louise Gaunt]

Once the sharps bin is sealed how will the vet know they haven't supplied everything in it? I don't think a GP surgery or hospital would take clinical waste from animals so vet may be only possibility.

[sokel]

I do micro chipping so have a sharps box, my micro chip needles and the needles from the any of the animals all go into the box.
I had a word with the vet and he says when the box is full just take it in and they will dispose of it with their stuff.
I was told when I did the micro chipping course that if you take your sharps box to any drug related drop in centre without mentioning what is in there  they will dispose of it  and give you fresh needles and box  I don't think I would have the courage to try that though 

[Rosemary]

I was told when I did the micro chipping course that if you take your sharps box to any drug related drop in centre without mentioning what is in there  they will dispose of it  and give you fresh needles and box  I don't think I would have the courage to try that though 

Me neither - or dropping it and running at the local health centre 

[plumseverywhere]

I ask mum's district nurses very sweetly if I can put my needles in their sharps boxes and then I give them some handmade bath goodies in return. 
our vet said to just take used needles etc and they will dispose of them for us...if you have loads of animals, they offered a sharps box of our own which they then dispose of too (this was 4 yrs ago and by now they have probably found a way to make money out of this though    )

[mojocafa]

In the past, I got a sharps container from my health centre and handed it in closed at the reception,

[Berkshire Boy]

Mine goes to doctors surgery no problem

[RaisinHall Tamworths]

I buy sharps box from vets and price includes disposal. Think its about £7-8 for a 7 litre one. Unused drugs should in theory go in a doop bin, if taking to a vets dont he surprised if you are charged as doop is expensive to get rid of.

[Fleecewife]

What's a doop bin?


I have a sharps container in which I just put needles.  The first was tiny and took several years to fill.  The vet made a small charge to get rid of it.  Now I have a larger one and I think it will outlive me.  Empty syringes I put in the household waste.  I've a feeling empty bottles go in there too although I tend to keep them for ages in case of inspections.
Disposal of farm sharps doesn't seem to be covered by any formal regs, or none that I've heard of, although it certainly should be.

[Lesley Silvester]

I have a sharps box for my glucose meter needles and put needles and syringes that I've used on the goats in with them. It just goes back to my GP surgery.

[Berkshire Boy]

Why do people throw away syringes, wash out and use again.

[plumseverywhere]

Why do people throw away syringes, wash out and use again.

I've thrown them away up till now...is there a way of ensuring they are really clean? I'm just nervous of them still not being 100%, I know I could stick them in milton etc but I'd be worried  (I do like the idea of saving cash though    )