Syringe disposal
 

My partner has to inject once a week and we have a travelling sharps bin to safely store the used syringes. It is now full and needs disposed of. In the UK, we can give them to a chemist for disposal. I have just been to the local farmacia here and the woman was unable (or unwilling) to understand what I was asking her to do.

Does anyone have any knowledge of how syringes are meant to be safely disposed of in Spain?

Re: Syringe disposal
 

Try a medical centre. You have to have a special licence/contract for removal of syringes and needles.

Re: Syringe disposal
 

I think I've seen disposal boxes/bins in farmacias :unsure:

Re: Syringe disposal
 

My Basque wife is diabetic & has a small device (issued by the diabetic centre at the UK hospital) that cuts the sharp end off the needle & stores the cut bits.
It looks like a slightly bigger nail clipper.

Suggest you ask at your local health centre in Spain.

Hope this is of some use.

Re: Syringe disposal
 

Our local health centre disposes of needles for people.

Rosemary

Re: Syringe disposal
 

Thanks for the responses, I'll try the local health centre tomorrow.