Needle Disposal and Safety
Found a Needle in the Community?
If you have found a needle in the community we would like to know about it. Fill out our online form to report the found needle. The information provided will help in the planning of activities to reduce the number of needles found in the community.
Needles sometimes can be found in places like garbage cans or on the ground within our community.
If you come across a needle, follow these steps:
- Wear thick rubber gloves or poke-resistant gloves.
- Use pliers or tongs to pick up the needle with; never pick a needle up with your bare hands.
- Using the pliers or tongs, pick the needle up with the sharp/needle end facing down and away from you.
- Place needle into a sharps container, hard plastic container (ie. water bottle or pop bottle) or a glass container and secure the lid.
- Bring the container to any of the following locations:
- Any Health Unit site during business hours.
- Needle drop boxes located outside of the Brockville, Gananoque, Smiths Falls, Almonte and Kemptville Health Unit sites.
- Lower Reach Park in Smiths Falls (main parking lot off Jasper Avenue)
- Corner of Church Street and Elmsley Street North (Behind Smiths Falls Town Hall)
- Perth Medical Clinic, 14 Isabella Street
- Behind Change Health Care in Brockville (across from the Arts Centre) in the yellow sharps bin.
- Guthrie House, 10 Perth Street, Elgin
If you do not want to pick up a needle, you can call 1-800-660-5853 for more information.
Resources
Needle Safety: Safe Handling and Proper Disposal
Contact Information
If you would like more information about our harm reduction program, you can email us at: [email protected] or call 1-800-660-5853 and ask for Harm Reduction.