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Medical Waste
Help keep our community safe from
possible exposure of disease or injury by carefully storing and
disposing of your household infectious waste.
- Getting rid of dangerous sharp
objects and other medical waste is easy if you follow these
directions:
- Please needles, syringes, lancets
and other sharp objects in a hard plastic or metal container with
a screw-on or tightly secured lid, like a coffee can or a laundry
jug.
- Print out the Household
Hazardous Waste “sticker” (click on link below).
- When they container is full,
secure the lid with heavy-duty tape. Place and tape the
Household Hazardous Waste “sticker” over the lid.
- Bring your sealed container to a
facility that accepts medical wastes.
Local Disposal Options:
- Check with your
garbage hauler. Some haulers will take your properly prepared
containers to the waste-receiving center for you.
- WLSSD Hazardous
Waste Facility 722-0761
- Carlton County
Hazardous Waste Facility 384-9178
- The Fond du Lac
Human Services Division Min-no-aya-win Clinic 879-1227 or
CAIR Clinic 726-1370
- Persons
receiving home nursing services through the FDL HSD Public Health
Nursing (PHN) department can give containers to the PHN department
staff.
Don’t put sharp objects in anything
that will be recycled or returned to the store. This will contaminate the recycling
process.
Don’t use glass or clear plastic
containers. This could be a temptation for drug abusers.
Keep the sharp objects out of the
reach of children
Soiled bandages, disposable sheets
and medical gloves should be put in a well-sealed bag before they are put in the
garbage with your trash.
Household
Hazardous Waste Sticker
(requires Acrobat Reader to view. Click the following icon to
download the Reader software if needed.)
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