Household Collections

Clinical

Residents treating themselves at home can request free fortnightly collections for clinical waste and sharps. Your doctor or nurse will advise if separate collection is needed and provide orange or yellow sacks and/or a sharps box.

Clinical waste includes sharps and items that are infectious or hazardous, such as:

  • Swabs, wound dressings, bandages contaminated with hazardous substances
  • Wound vacuum drains or pumps
  • Sharps (e.g. Used or unused syringes, needles, and lancets)

How the service works

To use this service, clinical waste and sharps must be correctly contained.

  • Request a collection using the online form - collections continue fortnightly until you cancel.
  • We supply a yellow wheelie bin for safe storage of clinical waste sacks - do not put black sacks, loose waste, or sharps in this bin.
  • Present bin or closed sharps box by 5am on collection day. Sharps boxes must be securely closed for collection.

FAQ's

Sack collections from yellow bins will continue every two weeks until you choose to cancel them. A sharps collection can be requested when you need it using the sharps form. 

Sharp collection

No, we don’t offer a drop‑off option. This service is collection only.

No - clinical waste must be placed into the correct yellow or orange sacks.

Need help or extra capacity?

Request online using our requests and reports service.

If you no longer require your yellow bin collection, please complete the removal request in our household bin request form.

Get in touch about recycling and waste

The quickest way to contact us is by using our online forms which are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you need to speak to us give us a call during office hours and talk to our Customer Services team who will be happy to help.

Clinical waste and sharps collection dates

Collection dates

Medication Disposal

Medication Disposal