Provider: PW/Bureau of Sanitation

Categories: Sanitation & Recycling: Special Item Collection

Description
Sharps is the term used to describe any item that is capable of puncturing the skin such as carpules, needles, lancets, suture needles, endo files, etc. When thrown into the regular trash, recycling container, or yard-trimming container, Sharps can injure sanitation workers. In addition, the liquid remaining in Sharps may seep into and contaminate our groundwater and/or ocean we swim in. Sharps users can take their own Sharps containers filled with used needles to appropriate collection sites: doctor's offices, hospitals, pharmacies, health departments, and Household Hazardous Waste Collection Centers. For more information regarding how to safely dispose of needles/sharps, please call (800)773-2489, Monday through Friday, between 7:30am and 4:45pm.

Webpage: http://lacitysan.org/solid_resources/special/HHW/Sharps.htm