Parents and school staff can promote safe disposal of sharps so students, faculty and other staff can focus on a happy and healthy school year with this help from SafetyIsThePoint.org.

Volunteers from HIV Alliance bring 18-, 22-, 23- and 25- gauge needles and 1-, 2- and 3-cubic centimeter (cc) syringes. In the first couple months of the program, it was taking in thousands of needles ...

Snohomish County Solid Waste Operations Manager Dave Schonhard shows the new disposal site for sealed sharps containers, which are included in free needle clean-up kits, at the recycling and ...

In a move that puts public safety and health first, the Chippewa County Department of Public Health is proud to announce the installation of three permanent, no-cost sharps disposal kiosks located ...

California Sharps (CA Sharps) Program - A compliant mail-back program that provides California -based members with safe, prepaid sharps disposal kits for community use.

Needles are increasingly in the household given the popularity of new self-injected prescriptions like Ozempic and Dupixent, but the ability to properly dispose of these used sharps is limited.

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The Macon County Health Department has installed a brand-new sharps disposal drop box. On Monday, the health department announced that the new disposal box can be found ...

Oklahoma campaign pushes for safe medication, sharps disposal A statewide push is underway to keep dangerous items out of the trash. The Spring 2025 effort highlights health risks, drop-off ...

For those using medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, proper disposal is essential for safety. In certain areas, needles can be safely disposed of using household items.

Jul. 8—Area residents now have a new way to dispose of used or unneeded needles and other sharps intended for medical use. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma installed a red sharps disposal box at ...