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There are approximately 9 million
syringe users outside of traditional health care facilities. These syringe users administer more than 3
billion injections in one year.
The majority of sharps (needles,
lancets, syringes) are thrown away in household trash, putting neighbors,
children, and trash collectors at risk of needle stick injuries and
infections.
Sanitary
Services Company partnered with Larson-Miller Medical Waste Disposal Service to
provide a local solution to this problem.
Residents
of Meridian can
receive free sharps disposal containers at Sanitary Services Company, located at
2130 W. Franklin
Road. This
service is available free of charge to Meridian City residents.
You
will receive a free sharps container when you bring a current bill with your
name and address on it, verifying Meridian residency, to Sanitary Services
Company. When the container is full,
bring it back to SSC for another container. Participants
in this program will remain anonymous.
This
program is the only one of its kind in Idaho.
For more information, call Sanitary Services
Company at 888-3999. |
