Catweasel Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Probably Alan has the ultimate answer. What is the safest way to dispose of used Stanley and Swan Morton blades please. I wrap mine in kitchen paper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Mine all go into a small plastic pot with a slot in the top (like a piggybank) marked "SHARPS". You could ask your local medical practice if they can be put in with their needles and blades for eventual (safe) disposal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Approved - Mine go in a Sharps Box - cheap from Amazon lasts a long time and dispose at local pharmacist. non- approved - An empty drinks can - flattened (end folded over) before recycling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coniston branch Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I just wrap mine in masking tape then but them in the bin. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2014 I choose something in the trash that is not crushable enough to enable any accidental stick injuries and pop the blade inside. It goes in the landfill bin rather than the recycle bin on the basis that the former isn't handled routinely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2014 You should be able to get a sharps bin from any pharmacy (there may be a charge, sometimes they're free) or you can get a child's sippy-cup and carve out the drinking slot if necessary to receive blades. Many places don't appreciate sharps being recycled even if they are metal. Mine go in a plastic cup as above then into the garbage. A handful of snapped blades and one small plastic cup maybe once a year is not going to make a huge difference to global sustainability but may make a lot of the right sort of difference to someone else's hands / fingers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 but may make a lot of the right sort of difference to someone else's hands / fingers.except for the kids picking over the landfill site looking for interesting stuff to sell on ebay. at least sharps in recycled metal containers just get crushed (lots of other sharp bits created by the process) only picked over by suitably protected handlers and mechanically sorted, to be finally melted down. Disposal in landfill may have some unsuspecting future archaeologist speculating on what they were used for in the technoscene era. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubber Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I think councils should provide very small wheelie-bins so that we can put them out every so often..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I think councils should provide very small wheelie-bins so that we can put them out every so often..... Don't encourage them.. If you do put them in your recycling, then they'll be pulled out by the electro-magnets at the sorting centre, long before there is any manual intervention. If you're really worried, then keep an old steel ring-pull drinks can near your workbench, and put them in that- it's unlikely they'd fall out during recycling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2014 I put mine in a thick plastic bottle that is not recyclable such as one that contained bleach or other cleaners, I then put it in the ordinary rubbish (land fill). However I was not aware that some chemists provided disposal of 'sharps' so I will look into that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandc_au Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 If you know someone with diabetes, they should have a sharps container for the testing needles and blood strips! khris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted July 20, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2014 I make a trip to the recycling centre every so often (twice a year?) with old batteries. I usually take the sharps along then. My current box of Xacto blades has a slot for used ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wamwig Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Keep them in a sharps jar and then eventually the other half takes them into work (hospital) for (safe) disposal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted July 20, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2014 A Tic-Tac box with the lid glued or taped so it won't come off. No good for Stanley type blades though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campaman Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Cheap tin money box, when full (it takes a while) it's put in the steel scrap bin at work and another one purchased. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 If you know someone with diabetes, they should have a sharps container for the testing needles and blood strips! khris I'd never thought of that! And I've got loads of sharps boxes laying about... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaulCheffus Posted July 21, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2014 If you know someone with diabetes, they should have a sharps container for the testing needles and blood strips! khris Hi Unless like me you have a meter with a cassette for the strips and needles. https://www.accu-chek.co.uk/gb/products/metersystems/mobile.html Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Hi Unless like me you have a meter with a cassette for the strips and needles. https://www.accu-chek.co.uk/gb/products/metersystems/mobile.html Cheers Paul My son has an Accucheck pump, with separate strips and a cassette pricker. The strips and pricker cassettes tend to go in the normal bin, but cannulas and their insertion needles and insulin tubes etc go in a sharps bin. As will my knife blades from now on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Unless like me you have a meter with a cassette for the strips and needles. https://www.accu-chek.co.uk/gb/products/metersystems/mobile.html Isn't that only for used lancets not for the hypodermic needles? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaulCheffus Posted July 21, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2014 Isn't that only for used lancets not for the hypodermic needles? Hi The post I quoted didn't mention hypodermic needles only testing ones. Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 You don't get a sharps box for lancets, only hypodermic needles. I've always wondered what, in modelling terms, the little plastic containers for the needles could be used for. I've got some stashed away for use on a Steampunk Black 5 whenever I get round to doing it. And if you have a drum-type Accucheck those little containers the drums come in are very handy for Small Bits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandc_au Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Hi guys, Just to clarify, here in Oz you can get a sharps container for any/all of the above. When I wrote the suggestion I was thinking Lancets and blood strips actually. (fortunately I don't need to use syringes) Anyway glad the idea was useful to some of you, as it has been to me. khris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maunsel Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Colman's English Mustard jar. Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted July 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2014 I think councils should provide very small wheelie-bins so that we can put them out every so often..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I eat mine ... along with a 4' sabre sword, cos I am reet clever b*st*rd who was born into a travelling circus. No seriously, I box mine in an old small plastic box and tape it up, and then wrap it up again in something else that is taped up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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