NEW STATE LAW MAKES IT ILLEGAL FOR HOUSEHOLDS TO DISPOSE OF HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND OTHER SHARPS WASTE IN TRASH
September 01, 2008
September 01, 2008
DUARTE, Calif., Sept. 1 -- The city of Duarte issued the following news release:
A new state law of the California Health and Safety Code makes it illegal for households to dispose of hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous needles, lancets and other devices used to penetrate the skin for the delivery of medications in the trash or recycling containers. The law that went into effect on September 1, 2008, requires that all such items defined as sharps waste be transported to a . . .
A new state law of the California Health and Safety Code makes it illegal for households to dispose of hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous needles, lancets and other devices used to penetrate the skin for the delivery of medications in the trash or recycling containers. The law that went into effect on September 1, 2008, requires that all such items defined as sharps waste be transported to a . . .