Hi Guys, I have searched on the site and found some very humorous threads but not the answer to my query. What do people do with their sharps when you replace them? I have searched through my council web site for instructions and they only cover needles. I would like to think that I can do this safely.
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HI Chris well i keep my stanley knife blades or any blades in a very strong card board tube as the blades come in handy to put C/A on an slide them under a part that has not glueded properly but that just me an they are safely put out of the way so cannot get cut on them
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Hi Chris
I have a sharps bin like this…
There are plenty of others if you don’t use scalpels. Just search Sharps bin. Don’t get a big one, I take several years to fill this! The council should then just take it as a sharps collection.Comment
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Thanks Tim for replying so fast. This looks just the job. Ordered already.Hi Chris
I have a sharps bin like this…
There are plenty of others if you don’t use scalpels. Just search Sharps bin. Don’t get a big one, I take several years to fill this! The council should then just take it as a sharps collection.Comment
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No probs Chris. I find most of the time it’s just knowing what to look for….but in this case I used these at work for many years….right up until an overzealous safety Elf removed all sharps from the establishment and made us use safe knives!Comment
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Tim, I hope you are/were not a surgeon...
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No, I was a originally a shift production technician in a scientific establishment…..ended up as a subject matter expert in fermentation for pharmaceutical production…..big title for a job, I used to hate filling in forms that asked for my job title :tongue-out3:Comment
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Well I've learned something. I didn't know there was a special way to dispose of scalpel blades. For years I have just taped them up with masking tape and put them in the bin. Off to look at Tim's link.
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I have a sharps box on the farm. So i just dispose of my blades and needles there
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Thanks Tim - ordered :thumb2:Comment
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As a insulin injecting diabetic, I have a sharps box - I stick my used scalpel blades in it, as well as lancets & needles, my local Boots accepts it - although I believe it's not countrywide practice
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I thread used blades on a string that hangs in my hobby room Though by the time I usually change knife blades, they’re no longer sharp anyway.
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Mine go into empty food tins in my recycling. Don't shout at me 'cos I know some recycling centres have machines that don't recognise folded cans; but I always fold the lid over to stop animals - particularly cats - from getting their heads stuck trying to get at the dregs of food.Comment
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3:99 on amazon. One has lasted me about 5 years. That includes about changing 5 blades a fortnight.
Also removes blades straight into the box. Although I find it easier & safer with a pair of small pliers.
Should be handed in a the refuse dump who have the facilities. dangerous to put them in the dustbin.
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