Sharps Disposal

Many people use needles, syringes and lancets—called “sharps”—to manage their medical conditions at home.  These conditions include diabetes, allergies, infertility, arthritis, hepatitis, HIV, blood clotting disorders, migraines and cancer. Sharps are also used to give medication to pets and farm animals.

But the haphazard disposal of these devices is putting a lot of other people, including waste-disposal workers, housekeepers, family members and children, at risk of injury and serious infections.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created a new web section with information about the safe disposal of needles and other sharps at http://www.fda.gov/safesharpsdisposal.

• Alford Transfer Station (residents only): 5 Alford Center Rd, Alford
• Berkshire Harm Reduction: 510 North St, Suite 6-B2, Pittsfield
• Great Barrington Board of Health: 334 Main St, Gt Barrington
• Egremont Transfer Station: (residents only) 171 Plain Rd, S. Egremont
• Fairview Hospital Emergency Room: 29 Lewis Ave, Gt Barrington (24/7)
• Otis Town Hall: 417 North Main Rd, Otis
• Sheffield Town Hall: 21 Depot Square, Sheffield
• South County Recovery Center: 67 State Rd, Great Barrington
• Tri-Town Health Department: 45 Railroad St, Lee