JAMESTOWN – The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities (BPU) Solid Waste Division reminds customers to dispose of “sharps” in a safe manner for the public and for BPU Solid Waste employees.
Sharps are objects used for medical purposes, such as needles, syringes with needles attached, lancets, razor blades and other items that could cause punctures, cuts or abrasions.
Sharps may be disposed of safely in puncture resistant, leak-proof materials such as plastic milk or soda bottles. The design of any disposal container should easily allow sharps to be placed inside the container, but difficult to remove. The container should be capped and labeled as “hazardous materials.” Some drug stores sell red sharps containers that are marked clearly and sealed with a lid.
Sharps or sharps containers may be taken to the security desk in the emergency room of WCA Hospital, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Some pharmacies also accept sharps containers.
Sharps may carry disease and should not be placed directly into a plastic garbage bag from which they may break through and injure persons handling the garbage.
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