 To protect yourself, your family, visitors, and your trash hauler, single-use sharps and syringes must be thrown away as safely and responsibly as possible.
Currently, the best system is to place used syringes or other sharps into a two-liter #1 (PETE) soda bottle. This type of container is the most puncture-resistant.
When the bottle is full, cap it and seal the cap with heavy duty tape. To the bottle, apply a bright orange sticker that warns of the hazardous contents.
The Solid Waste District will send you stickers; just call 674-9235 and we will mail some to you. Dispose of the full bottle in your household trash. Let your garbage hauler know that sharps are present.
Do not recycle the bottle.
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