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Sharps collection

We provide a free subscription service for the collection of needles and syringes (sharps) from your home.

For safety reasons, needles must be secured in a standard yellow sharps container before placing them for collection. These items must not be placed in your black wheeled bin.

Yellow sharps containers are supplied for free by your doctor's surgery, clinic, or hospital. If a continued sharps collection is required, we will replace containers upon collection.

You will need to call us each time you require a collection. Please give at least 7 days’ notice.

Apply or request a sharps collection

Please call us on 01352 701234 or email streetscene@flintshire.gov.uk.

Sharps collection privacy notice

Your data will be processed by Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ as part of our public task for the specific purposes of administering and processing your registration for Sharps collection and Disposal under The Environmental Protection Act 1990, Section 33 and 34.

Your special category data (medical and health) will be processed by Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ under Article 9; (g) processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public task paragraph 12. Regulatory requirements of schedule 1 of the Data Protection Act 2018.

Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ will not share your data with any other organisation.

Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ will retain your data as submitted on the Registration Form for the current year plus 7 years.

If you feel that Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ has mishandled your personal data at any time you canmake a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office by visiting their website or by calling their helpline on 0303 123 1113.

For further information about how Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ processes personal data and your rights please see our on our website.

Terms and conditions

  1. To register for the Sharps collection, the person or persons requiring the service must reside at the given address on a permanent basis.
  2. The Sharps collection is available to any Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ resident on a ad/hoc collection basic, upon application. Homes where Sharp users are only visiting family or friends are not entitled to the service.
  3. As part of the Sharps collection service, we will collect:
    • Sharps (Yellow container) Ad/hoc collection only
  4. Sharps must be secured in a standard yellow sharps container before placing out for collection. For collection, the container should be placed where you would normally present your recycling containers, on your designated Waste Collection Day (this may differ from the usual recycling & waste collection day)
  5. Sharp will not be collected unless they are presented in the standard yellow sharps container
  6. If you receive assisted collections, we will collect your Sharps from within the boundary of your property where waste and recycling is routinely presented for collection. To sign up for assisted collections please see our website.
  7. Unless stated otherwise this service will last for a total of two years, properties will automatically be removed and will need to reapply after this time
  8. Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ reserve the right to suspend or terminate collection for any household Sharp collection, due to the following:
    • This service is currently being used for non-sharps disposal purposes.
    • The container is presented with the contents not secured and presents a health hazard to the collection operatives
    • Any other eventuality that constitutes a health hazard to crew, pedestrians or neighbours
    • Abuse to FCC collection crews