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Who to call to remove used syringes?

  • 15-12-2011 8:22pm
    #1
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭


    We have a basement office in the North Inner City and are having problems with people throwing rubbish from the street down onto the steps and floor of the basement,and in the last few weeks there's been human excrement and used blood filled syringes down there too,20+ were there last Monday morning.

    I don't want to put them into our normal refuse in case a bin man or worker gets pricked,so I've just put them into a cardboard box and have them in the far end of the basement.

    Just wondering is there any council service or company who will take them off us and dispose of them safely?free of charge preferably!

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Check out this page or the links on the left.

    http://www.dublincity.ie/WaterWasteEnvironment/Pages/WaterWasteandEnvironment.aspx

    You shouldn't have taken them away yourself in case you got pricked accidentally. Absolute scumbags though. Maybe the Gardaí can get dna samples and hunt down the f*ckers! :pac:


  • #3
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    Dirty fcuckin vermin..its disgusting the way some low-life parasites behave...zero respect for themselves or anybody else.


  • #4
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,370 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Degsy wrote: »
    Dirty fcuckin vermin..its disgusting the way some low-life parasites behave...zero respect for themselves or anybody else.

    you should see the grass area around the Dublin Civic Office Amphitheatre every morning!


  • #5
    nudger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,449 ✭✭✭nudger


    Contact DCC Sean Mc Dermott st and if you don't mind doing it your self they can give you a sharps box and a grabber.
    Then from time to time the lads with the barrows will swop the box for an empty one, get a mobile contact.


  • #6
    Lawrence1895
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,627 ✭✭✭Lawrence1895


    Don't know, but can't you bring that stuff to your local pharmacy?


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  • #7
    Sundy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭Sundy


    Dont touch the things with your hands and watch out for needles broken off the syringes.

    More likely than not you wont catch anything if pricked but the stress of waiting for the results to come back often drives people mad.


  • #8
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    I couldn't get through to Sean McDermott St DCC today so I'll try again on Monday morning,seems like the best bet of getting rid of them.I'm sure there'll be a new collection awaiting me on the steps then anyways!

    I'm very,very careful when I'm moving them and I also wear two pairs of thick workman type gloves when I pick them up and put them in the box so there's not much chance of me getting stuck.

    Famous last words haha!


  • #9
    chris85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,502 ✭✭✭chris85


    starviewadams wrote: »
    I couldn't get through to Sean McDermott St DCC today so I'll try again on Monday morning,seems like the best bet of getting rid of them.I'm sure there'll be a new collection awaiting me on the steps then anyways!

    I'm very,very careful when I'm moving them and I also wear two pairs of thick workman type gloves when I pick them up and put them in the box so there's not much chance of me getting stuck.

    Famous last words haha!

    Better to be safe though. A grabber and sharps box would be best as otherwise you would be reliant on DCC picking them up and that wont be reliable.


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