{"id":1199,"date":"2021-07-19T14:29:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T21:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2021-07-19T14:29:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T21:29:12","slug":"need-to-dispose-of-sharps-needles-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/need-to-dispose-of-sharps-needles-properly\/","title":{"rendered":"Need to dispose of sharps\/needles properly?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/files\/2021\/06\/BT1-HEADER-SHARPS-DISPOSAL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/files\/2021\/06\/BT1-HEADER-SHARPS-DISPOSAL-1024x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" width=\"676\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/files\/2021\/06\/BT1-HEADER-SHARPS-DISPOSAL-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/files\/2021\/06\/BT1-HEADER-SHARPS-DISPOSAL-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/files\/2021\/06\/BT1-HEADER-SHARPS-DISPOSAL-768x300.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/files\/2021\/06\/BT1-HEADER-SHARPS-DISPOSAL-1536x600.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/files\/2021\/06\/BT1-HEADER-SHARPS-DISPOSAL.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some tips for households to get rid of sharps or needles properly to help keep our environment clean and safe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Put used sharps in a strong plastic container<\/strong>. Use a labeled sharps container or a bleach\/detergent bottle, NOT a pop bottle. When it is 3\/4 full, duct tape the lid shut and label the container &#8220;DO NOT RECYCLE.&#8221;<\/li><li><strong>Place the container in your garbage container, NOT the recycling.<\/strong> Labeled sharps containers can be thrown away in the garbage.<\/li><li><strong>Please don&#8217;t place loose sharps in the trash or in the toilet.<\/strong> Even the sharps that have retractable needles need to be stored in a container. This helps reduce the chance of family members or refuse workers getting injured by a loose sharp. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are more places where used sharps can be disposed of. The local Bi-Mart stores will take your sharps for free if you purchase a labeled sharps container from the Pharmacy Department, $4.99 if you bring your own container. The Yakima Police Department also accepts sharps. Please call the non-emergency line at <strong>(509) 575-6200<\/strong> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you a business? Sharps are designated medical waste and needs to be disposed of by arrangement with the County landfill. Please call <strong>(509) 574-2450<\/strong> for more information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/safeneedledisposal.org\/\">Safe Needle Disposal<\/a> website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some tips for households to get rid of sharps or needles properly to help keep our environment clean and safe: Put used sharps in a strong plastic container. Use a labeled sharps container or a bleach\/detergent bottle, NOT a pop bottle. When it is 3\/4 full, duct tape the lid shut and label<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}