Syringes and Needle Exchanges
Syringes
If you find discarded syringes in a public place report
them immediately to Client Services on 01386 565018 or
please use the form below:
Report discarded syringe
Under normal circumstances they will be collected within 1 hour.
You should NOT remove needles or syringes yourself.
Due to the danger of needle stick injuries, needles and syringes
should not be disposed of in the refuse collection. This
presents a serious hazard to people collecting or handling the
refuse.
Needle Disposal
Where a person treats themselves in their home,
it is their responsibility to dispose of any clinical waste in a
responsible way. This should be by using a sharps bin and
taking this to a disposal point. Click here for the nearest disposal points to
you.
Sharps bins are plastic containers designed for the safe
disposal of hazardous waste. Sharps bins are available on
prescription from your doctor. They can take needles, empty
syringes, empty insulin cartridges and lancets. Some patients
use ‘B-D safe clip’ devices to remove the needle from the syringe.
This does not need to be done if the needle and syringe are
put straight into the sharps bin.
Where patients are prescribed sharps boxes by their
GP they can take the full boxes back to their GP for
disposal provided the practice is registered with the Environment
Agency to accept this waste.
Needle Exchanges
Turning Point Worcestershire Druglink provides free and
confidential services for people concerned about their own, or
someone else's drug use. This includes support for drug
users, their family and friends and young people affected by their
parents' or carers' drug use. For full details of the
services provided by Turning Point please see the Turning Point
website.
Exchange Points
Turning Point provides needle exchange points at the following
locations:
35 Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 1DB
Telephone: 01905 724853.
Helpline: 0800 6529664
Fax: 01905 612168
64 High Street, Evesham
Telephone 01386 444380
Open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings only
Contact Details
For general information please contact
Client Services
Wychavon District Council
Telephone: 01386 565018 between 9am and 5pm, Monday - Friday.
Email: client.services@wychavon.gov.uk
