SHARPS COLLECTION

FREE TO ALL INGHAM COUNTY RESIDENTS*

Residents who use syringes, needles and lancets to administer medications at home and produce “sharps” medical waste can prevent injury, infection, and pollution by utilizing

the Ingham County Medical Sharps Disposal Program.

Participants can bring in sharps for disposal in any rigid container with a tight lid, including red medical waste containers, coffee cans, or plastic detergent bottles.

Sharps will NOT be accepted in bags, glass jars or any soft sided container that the sharps can poke through, such as pop bottles, milk jugs, diaper wipe containers or

cardboard oatmeal containers. Any containers with items sticking out, without lids or with loose lids will NOT be accepted.

SHARPS DROP-OFF SCHEDULE May through September

Ingham County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Every Tuesday and Thursday 2-6 p.m.

5303 S. Cedar, Lansing, behind the Ingham County Human Services Building, follow signs to collection site

For October through April either: Call the Ingham County Recycling Hotline number below; or Granger accepts full sharps containers at their Wood Road recycling site office;

Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 517-372-2800 for more information

For further information call the Ingham County Recycling Hotline:

517.887.4312

IF YOU CANNOT GET AN FDA-CLEARED SHARPS CONTAINER,FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES:

Made of heavy-duty plastic

Tight-fitting lid that cannot be punctured

Does not leak

Stays upright

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Sharps

Biohazard

1 Close lid and tape shut. Label container.

2 Bring container to a sharps disposal program.

DO NOT USE These containers can break or puncture easily.

Water bottleMilk container

milk

Soda canGlass container

DO NOTput sharps containers

in RECYCLING!

If you cannot �nd a disposal program, put container in center of full trash bag and discard in regular trash.*

Use an empty household container with these features:

Discarding a household container:

* In some areas it is illegal to dispose of sharps in the trash. Please follow your community guidelines.

KEEP YOUR COMMUNITY SAFE

DO NOTthrow loose

sharps in trash

KEEP OUTof reach

of children

DO NOT�ush sharpsdown toilet

DO NOTput sharps in recycling

ALWAYS USE A SHARPS CONTAINER

For information about rules and laws in your community, contactthe Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal at 800.643.1643.For more information on sharps visit fda.gov/safesharpsdisposal.

Used sharps are hazardous waste. When not discarded properly they can cut and infect others. Protect your community by always discarding your used sharps in a sharps disposal container.

FREE sharps containers may be available from your doctor, hospital, health insurance or medication supplier. You can also buy a sharps container from your pharmacist or online.

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