Found a full sharps bin in new house

[Sharpsbin]

I have sealed it so it isn't hazardous, but I cannot find any way to dispose of it. Local chemists won't take it, told me to call local council environmental health. Council told me to contact local chemists.
Obviously can't put it in the bin.
There is no name/number/identifying feature of the provider or recipient on it.
I have been trying for 3 weeks to find a way of disposing of it safely.
I have no idea where to try next.
I don't know where the vendors have moved to or even if it belonged to them.
Would be grateful for any suggestions.
TIA

Ring around local GPs?

Google local needle exchange - usually a chemist with an enhanced service

What company provides your local refuse collection? Here it’s Canenco and they do clinical waste too but we have to contact them directly (ie not through local council) to arrange collection for DHs sharps bin.

@Jenjenn

Ring around local GPs?

Tried that. Can't get past receptionists who all say not their job.

Tesco pharmacy take them

Try your local GP or hospital.

Ridiculous things to try and dispose off. I had one after IVF and felt like a junkie when I asked boots what to do with it. I eventually took it back to the IVF clinic.

Council often contract it out, ours is phs. Try the council website for info re. Medical disposal bins

Will google needle exchange and try council again to find out waste collectors. They turn up in a local council vehicle. That is a problem in itself as they refused to take bins as apparently wrong item in recycling bin. Not left by me as bin was already full when I moved in. Have been taking rubbish to the tip myself.

My local council has a list of pharmacies that take these on its website. Have you checked online? It says it’s for those abusing drugs.

You need to go back to the local council. It is their responsibility.

Refer them to the NHS guidance if you need to

www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/accidents-first-aid-and-treatments/how-should-i-dispose-of-used-needles-or-sharps/

Police station. That's what I did when I was in this position trying to dispose of some needles used by a diabetic. (Long story)

I went to the front counter and asked if I could put the contents of my sharps container into theirs. Fortunately, they agreed.

The local authority would have collected them if I left them on the doorstep for a week. Not a good idea, really.

I tried every where to dispose of them legally. Even the local tattoo parlour. Even though they had a big yellow sharps bin outside they couldn't help as they used different needles.

The local chemist couldn't help. Neither could the hospital. In desperation I pushed the yellow sharps container into a hospital bin but then remembered hospitals have cctv and I might have got into serious trouble. So I retrieved the sharps container and continued with my disposal quest.

Will try Tesco. Thanks for all suggestions. Will keep trying. The vendors left the place in an awful state. It is very disheartening.

Just wrap them up and put them in the bin.

We have spent hours and hours trying to dispose of my son's ones properly - GP says pharmacy says council says GP etc etc

It is the council's job. All patients with diabetes etc will get a collection from the council. GPs, hospitals and pharmacies do not take these.

I have sharps collection for my insulin needles. You need to Google your local council and sharps collection to find out their process.

@Queenoftheashes

My local council has a list of pharmacies that take these on its website. Have you checked online? It says it’s for those abusing drugs.

That might explain the quantities of razor blades too...

Our council collects them - you have to get orange sacks from them and they collect the bin inside a sack on bin day

Council have stated they won't collect them. Several local chemists have said no. I am going round in circles.

Hmm I think I’d just drop it surreptitiously in a GP waiting room and run for it. They’ll have a way of getting rid of it.
I expect I’ll be denounced as a psychopath but it’s better than throwing it in the bin.

If it's sealed well and you've tried every other avenue, I'd put it in the general waste bin.

If your normal rubbish goes to an incinerator, rather than landfill, just put it in your wheelie bin. Any clinical waste collection is going to disposed of at the same place.

@Classicblunder

Just wrap them up and put them in the bin.

We have spent hours and hours trying to dispose of my son's ones properly - GP says pharmacy says council says GP etc etc

My son is diabetic. We were told by hospital and GP to put them in the wheelie bin. No one will be interested in taking them off you. We tried everywhere.

I am sure they have to pay to deal with their own sharps but depending on if they are charged by volume or on a fixed fee you might find a sympathetic tattoo place if you explain the situation and they know it is a one off.

@Meecrowavay

If it's sealed well and you've tried every other avenue, I'd put it in the general waste bin.

If they were drug users I couldn't risk that. Plus, it is probably a criminal offence...

Many councils will only collect sharps for diabetics. I found this out when trying to dispose after IVF. Eventually I asked the midwife at my appointment and thankfully she took them (I had five bins). Appreciate this doesn't help you OP but just wanted to say there's no point you being told (repeatedly) to get the council to do it