Apply for a sharps bin
If you’re a local pharmacy and wish to be included in our community sharps program, or a community member who wishes to apply for a sharps bin in your local area, apply here.
Community sharps
We need to manage disposal safely to prevent needlestick injury in our public places, at home and for workers who remove waste or clean facilities.
NSW Health needle clean-up hotline
Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm
City of Sydney
Anytime, any day
Community sharps are needles, syringes and lancets that are used to administer medications and drugs outside a clinical setting.
Whether or not a community sharp is used for medication or drug use, sharps are to be treated as clinical waste, like they would be in a hospital.Local councils have a number of community sharps bins installed in community centres, libraries, parks and public toilets to encourage discarded sharps to be managed separately from general waste.
