SYRINGES
Many private companies will provide containers you can mail back after you fill with sharps. The Tippecanoe County Health Department will accept used needles as long as they are in a sharps container. It is legal to put used syringes in your household trash, as long as they are safely packaged and will not endanger sanitation workers. Put used hypodermic needles, lancets and other blood contaminated sharps in heavy plastic detergent bottles with screw on lids. Label clearly "Sharps, Don't Recycle" when you start each new container. Duct tape the lid shut and place the container in your trash when full. NEVER set out loose needles.