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. 

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