Petition · past parliament
Make sharps disposal bins free of charge to collect.
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33 signatures
What the petition asks
I am starting this petition to make the collection of sharps disposal bins free of charge.
I'm starting this petition because I am a type 1 diabetic and I have to use a sharps disposal bin for my insulin cartridges, needles, blood test strips and my blood testing pen drums. Because this is a lot of sharps wastage i end up filling a sharps bin within a couple weeks.The collection of sharps bins used to be free of charge but now there not, you can only have 2 free collections per 12 months and any other collections after would be £5 each time, so I would end up spending £30 or even more per year because I have a lot of sharps wastage from my diabetic stuff. I find this very unfair for anyone who uses a sharps disposal bin as no one chooses to be ill and have to use sharps bin for their wastage and some people might not be able to afford it.
Timeline
| 17 Jan 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 Jul 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
33
Status
Closed
Opened
17 Jan 2019
Closed
17 Jul 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.