Blunt tip needles

[Lorcan]

Stupid question but does anyone know if blunt tip needles (ie, the ones that can't stab you) have specific disposal requirements? Or can they just go into the main rubbish bins?

 

[teddymouse]

I keep a small film pot with a small hole in the top for all my spent pins and needles.

 

[Lorcan]

I have a glass jar I can decant them into, there's no contamination issues to worry about with them. Thanks!

 

[Bill & Ted]

I put blunt sewing machine needles in the bin but wrap them in cellotape first so as not to injure the bin men

 

[Lorcan]

I use 14g blunt tip needles to mix vape juice, otherwise there's no getting the base out of the bottle. Syringes I rinse out and then just toss but it occurred to me I had no idea about the needles themselves. They're not dangerous to anyone, but still, I'd rather do it right.

 

[Lady Kelly]

I have an old water bottle which is collecting my used and blunt or bent needles and pins

 

[Posyrose]

What an amazing resource this community is. Even fairly obscure questions ( sorry @Lorcan it is rather unusual) result in a range of answers/ suggestions based on personal experience.

Our members' sage advice goes way beyond guinea pigs!

 

[Lorcan]

To be fair I figured if I would get an answer about it anywhere, it'd be here. There's always at least one of us seems to know something about a random issue the rest of us hadn't heard of. It's part of what makes our forum such a great place.

That, and...yeah. Who else would be trying to dispose of large blunt end needles?