Scottiemom wrote:

Well good luck. I doubt you can give it to a free clinic because there is probably some law against it. That is what we found out with my diabetic MIL's peritoneal dialysis supplies. She would have cases of solutions and then the doctor would change her prescription. You could NOT return it because it was considered prescription. It was all boxed, unopened, but no way would they take it back. They told us to open it up and put it down the toilet. Grrrrr. We are talking hundreds of gallons of dextrose solutions. Wonder what that would do to the bacteria balance of the septic system. I finally got the doctor's clinic to take it off my hands and use it for training. It filled up a pickup bed. When we took it over, they tried to refuse it when they saw how much it was, but I just kept stacking it up and let them dispose of it. Same with the plastic tubing, etc. I ended up putting it out with the trash. What a waste. No wonder health care costs so much.

Oh and all the used "sharps?" The doctor's office said to put them in a BLACK trashbag and put out with the trash. I thought you couldn't put that stuff in the trash. . . but that is what the doctor tells you to do. Use a black trash bag so no one knows what's in it.

Dale

Chock Full o' Nuts wrote:


Check with your local fire department to see if they will dispose of your sharps. In my area you can take your labeled sharps container to the firehouse and they will do whatever it is that they do with hazardous waste. Do NOT just put the needles in a black plastic bag and set it next to the curb! Somebody somewhere will get stuck! Wouldn't want to be that person.