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SAFELY DISPOSING OF SHARPS AND SYRINGES

The Be Sharp Safe Program is a Council initiative working in
collaboration with local pharmacies

to implement safe needle disposal in the Liverpool LGA

What are community sharps?

Collection Facilities

How to purchase a sharps container

What to do if you find a syringe or needle

How to handle a needle stick injury

Download the Be Sharp Safe Brochure

What are community sharps?

Many people rely on using needles and syringes to maintain their own health or that of a family member. Community sharps include:

Needles
Syringes
Lancets and
Similar equipment associated with these items

Please do not dispose sharps in your recycling or waste bins

Syringe needles, and other medical sharps that are disposed in recycling and garbage bins pose a risk to workers at waste and recycling centres and other community members. Be Sharp Safe Sharps Disposal Containers

Sharps should always be:

Placed in a sharps disposal container or appropriate puncture resistant container (not glass)
Kept out of reach of children
Disposed of at a sharps collection facility or disposal bin (see below for free sharps disposal
options provided by Liverpool City Council)

Sharps should never be:

Placed in your household waste or recycling bins or a public litter bin
Flushed down toilets or drains
Left on the ground

Collection Facilities

Liverpool City Council has partnered with selected local pharmacies to introduce a safe needle disposal service for diabetics and other sharps users in the community. Community sharps bins have also been placed in selected areas available 24 hours to the public that require sharps disposal.

Pharmacies offering a safe needle disposal service

Name	Address			Phone
Austral Pharmacy	Corner of Edmondson and Tenth Avenues		Austral	9606 9091
Black & White Pharmacy	337	Hume Highway	Liverpool	9602 3145
Blooms The Chemist	Shop 46-47	Miller Shopping Centre	Miller	9607 7204
Casula Centre Pharmacy	Corner of Hume Highway and DeMeyrick Avenue		Casula	9601 6106
Chen’s Pharmacy Hammondville	44	Walder Road	Hammondville	9825 3638
Chen’s Pharmacy Wattle Grove	Shop 8	Wattle Grove Shopping Village Corner of Village Way and Australis Avenue	Wattle Grove	9731 1077
Elizabeth Drive Pharmacy	6/130	Elizabeth Drive	Liverpool	9602 7324
Hoxton Park Pharmacy	Shop 14, 600	Hoxton Park Road	Hoxton Park	9825 8444
Liverpool Plaza Pharmacy	Shop 37, 165	Macquarie Street	Liverpool	9600 6764
MediAdvice Bringelly Pharmacy	Shop 4, 21	The Northern Road	Bringelly	4774 8173
MediAdvice Pharmacy	63	Hill Road	Lurnea	9607 2114
Moorebank Day and Night Pharmacy	Shop 21	Moorebank Shopping Centre Stockton Avenue	Moorebank	9602 4476
Moorebank Pharmacy	1/42	Stockton Avenue	Moorebank	9602 3255
Murrays Pharmacy Liverpool	238	Macquarie Street	Liverpool	9607 4884
Penna’s Discount Pharmacy	Shop 4, 72-78	Hoxton Park Road	Liverpool	9602 7790
Penna’s Pharmacy Cecil Hills	Shop 10	Cecil Hills Shopping Village	Cecil Hills	9823 6999
Penna’s Pharmacy Green Valley	174	Green Valley Road	Green Valley	9607 7920
Penna’s Pharmacy Prestons	Cnr Wroxham & Minnamurra Circuit		Prestons	9607 0999
Priceline Pharmacy Casula Mall	Shop 38	Casula Mall, Kurrajong Road	Casula	9821 1323
Priceline Pharmacy Green Valley	Shop 2	The Valley Plaza, 189 Wilson Road	Green Valley	9825 0600
Priceline Pharmacy Liverpool Westfields	Shop 1014	Westfield Shopping Town	Liverpool	9822 8885
Save and Deliver Pharmacy	Shop 1, 279	Macquarie Street	Liverpool	9821 1942
Soul Pattinson Chemist	Shop 2060	Westfield Shoppingtown	Liverpool	9822 2977
Soul Pattinson Chemist Carnes Hill	Shop B09	Carnes Hill Marketplace	Carnes Hill	9608 6622
West Hoxton Pharmacy	Corner Fifteenth & Edmondson Avenues		Austral	9606 0150

Community sharps disposal bins 24 hour service available to the public:

Bigge Park, Liverpool
Gabo Park, Gabo Crescent, Sadleir
Gibbs Park, Yalta Road, Sadleir
Light Horse Park, Bigge Street, Liverpool
Pirie Street Car Park, Liverpool
Pioneer Park, Campbell Street, Liverpool
Warwick Farm railway station (eastern side), Warwick Farm
Warwick Farm railway station (western side), Warwick Farm

Sharps bin at Pirie St Carpark

How to purchase a sharps container

Sharps waste containers can be purchased from local pharmacies or by contacting Diabetes Australia on 9552 9900.

For a limited time only...

If you are an insulin dependant diabetic, you can collect a FREE 1.4L sharps container from any local participating pharmacy listed above.

Please dispose the container at any participating pharmacy for safe disposal.

There are no costs associated with the disposal of your sharps disposal container.

What to do if you find a syringe or needle

If you find needles and syringes in public places, please contact the NSW Health Needle Clean Up Hotline on 1800 633 353 or Liverpool City Council on 1300 36 2170.

If you require any further information please contact Council's Sustainable Environment Team on 1300 36 2170.

How to handle a needle stick injury

If you are injured:

Stay calm, the risk of serious injury is very small.
Seek first aid treatment from a qualified First Aid Officer if possible
Do not squeeze the wound
Wash the wounded area with warm water and soap. Do not scrub.
Apply antiseptic, if available, and a Band-Aid.
Where possible and if it is safe to do so, retain the syringe which caused the injury.

Download the Be Sharp Safe Brochure