Community Sharps

Many people rely on the use of needles and syringes to maintain their own health, or the health of a family member.

'Community sharps' is the name used to describe needles, syringes, lancets and similar equipment. Correct disposal of community sharps is important for the whole community.

Safe Handling of Community Sharps

Here are some practical suggestions on how to handle community sharps:

Community sharps should always be kept separate from other wastes. Due to the risk of injury to workers and other community members they should never be disposed of:

  • in household waste or recycling bins (plastic syringes are NOT recyclable);
  • in public litter bins;
  • by flushing down toilets or drains; or
  • by discarding into the environment.

A guide to the safe disposal of community sharps

Here are some practical suggestions for handling community sharps in the home:

  • Use a sharps container or other appropriate puncture resistant container (not glass);
  • Store container out of reach of children;
  • Seal the lid of the container when three quarters full; and
  • dispose of the container at one of the community sharps disposal locations - see the participating pharmacies tab for locations.

If you're away from home, here are some ways to safely dispose of community sharps:

  • Place your injecting equipment in a community sharps bin in a public restroom or similar that has a community sharps disposal bin; or
  • Place your injecting equipment in a sharps container or other appropriate puncture resistant container and dispose of the container at one of the community sharps disposal facilities - see participating pharmacies tab for locations.

If you find sharps in a public place, please report this as soon as possible to Liverpool City Council customer service on 1300 36 2170.

Liverpool City Council runs the Be Sharp Community Sharps disposal and collection program through a number of local pharmacies. This service is available to anyone who has sharps resulting from private use, irrespective of whether these are from prescribed medicines or recreational drug use.

The service is not available to businesses or companies that are generating waste sharps as a result of their operations.

A guide to the Safe Disposal of Community Sharps can be download here.

The pharmacies below will supply 1.4L sharps containers and take them back for disposal when full, free of charge.

Austral Pharmacist Advice Elizabeth Drive Pharmacy West Hoxton Pharmacy Liverpool Discount Drug Store
Cnr Edmondson & Tenth Ave
AUSTRAL 2179
130 Elizabeth Drive
LIVERPOOL 2170
Cnr Fifteenth Ave & Edmondson Ave
AUSTRAL 2179
Shop 2, 165-191 Macquarie St
LIVERPOOL 2170
Mediadvice Pharmacy Murray’s Pharmacy Liverpool Priceline Pharmacy Nand’s Pharmacy
Shop 4, 21 The Northern Rd
BRINGELLY 2556
238 Macquarie Street
LIVERPOOL 2170
Shop B09, Carnes Hill Market Place
Cowpasture Rd CARNES HILL 2171
187 Elizabeth Drive
LIVERPOOL 2170
Casula Centre Pharmacy Penna’s Discount Pharmacy Priceline Pharmacy Priceline Pharmacy
Shop 3, 509 Hume Highway
CASULA 2170
Shop 4, 72-78 Hoxton Park Rd
LIVERPOOL 2170
Shop 38, Casula Mall
1 Ingham Drive CASULA 2170
Shop 1014, Westfield Liverpool
Macquarie St LIVERPOOL 2170
Penna’s Pharmacy Save and Deliver Pharmacy Little Tree Pharmacy Mediadvice Pharmacy
Shop 10, Cecil Hills Shopping Village
1 Lancaster Rd CECIL HILLS 2171
Shop 1, 279 Macquarie St
LIVERPOOL 2170
Shop 4, Chipping Norton Market Plaza
Cnr Ernest Ave & Barry Road
CHIPPING NORTON 2170
63 Hill Road
LURNEA 2170
Priceline Pharmacy Blooms the Chemist Chen’s Pharmacy Amcal Pharmacy
Shop 2, The Valley Plaza
189 Wilson Road
GREEN VALLEY 2168
Shop 46-48, Miller Central
90 Cartwright Ave
MILLER 2168
44 Walder Road
HAMMONDVILLE 2170
Shop 1, 42 Stockton Ave
Cnr Stockton and Maddecks Ave
MOOREBANK 2170
Hoxton Park Pharmacy Moorebank Day & Night Pharmacy Black & White Pharmacy Penna’s Pharmacy
Shop 14, 600 Hoxton Park Rd
HOXTON PARK 2171
Shop 21, Moorebank Shopping Village
42 Stockton Ave
MOOREBANK 2170
337 Hume Highway
LIVERPOOL 2170
Shop 4, 57 Minnamurra Cct
PRESTONS 217
Chen’s PharmacyPenna’s Pharmacy Lurnea PharmacyPharmacy 4 Less
Shop 8, Wattle Grove Shopping Centre
Cnr Village Way and Australis Ave
WATTLE GROVE 2173

174 Green Valley Road
Green Valley 2168

54 Hill Road
Lurnea 2170

Tenancy 11, Prestons Shopping Centre
1975-1985 Camden Valley Way
Prestons NSW 2170