Thread: Syringe laws By State

In PA, if you put your pins in a sharps container, you will have to keep them forever. You cannot put them in the trash and you cannot give them to a hospital. What you are supposed to do (per the State's website) is to put them in an old coffee can or such, tape them shut, and write on them "do not recycle". Then put them in the trash. The garbage truck will then crush the container when the guy pushes that lever over and the can will bust open, spreading needles everywhere.

Dumb!!!

But at least I can buy as many needles over the Internet as I want and it is legal.

Originally Posted by cybrsage

In PA, if you put your pins in a sharps container, you will have to keep them forever. You cannot put them in the trash and you cannot give them to a hospital. What you are supposed to do (per the State's website) is to put them in an old coffee can or such, tape them shut, and write on them "do not recycle". Then put them in the trash. The garbage truck will then crush the container when the guy pushes that lever over and the can will bust open, spreading needles everywhere.

Dumb!!!

But at least I can buy as many needles over the Internet as I want and it is legal.

Agreed!