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Environmental Protection Agency Fact Sheets The guidance suggests that syringe users dispose of used syringes in ways that keep the sharps out of the trash/solid waste. The goal for keeping the sharps out of solid waste is to protect workers along the solid waste “stream” and at land fills. The previous EPA guidance recommended collecting used sharps/syringes in containers and placing the sharps-filled containers in household trash. The new guidance is in two brochures listed below maintained by the EPA: Protecting
Your Community from Sharps: Options for Safe Disposal of Sharps Protect
Yourself, Protect Others: Safe Options for Needle Disposal This CDC Web site is no longer being reviewed or updated and thus is no longer kept current. This site remains to assist researchers or others needing historical content. |
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