SCOOP: Starbucks is installing syringe-disposal boxes in certain bathrooms and testing other solutions after workers speak out on needle sticks and safety concerns ...

Locals near a needle exchange site in a Bronx park are cheering a councilman’s proposal to require city health workers to ...

An investigation has revealed an assortment of drug paraphernalia littered throughout a Bronx public park despite city-placed syringe disposal boxes meant to deal with the loose needles found ...

HAZARDOUS WASTE: A large needle box is located on Buncombe County property in front of Pack Memorial Library on Haywood Street. Photo by Jessica Wakeman In September 2018, Malaprops Bookstore/Cafe ...

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ.-- – An unintended consequence of COVID-19 has been a surge in new trash, from face masks, wipes, and gloves to now used syringes. As millions of vaccines roll out daily, the process ...

May 08 -- FALL RIVER, MA -- Disposing of used needles just got easier and safer in the city. Two fire stations, the Central Fire Station, 165 Bedford St., and the Globe Kosier Fire Station, 659 Globe ...

OF KEEPING THE PARKS CLEAN. THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WE’RE STILL RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS OPIOID EPIDEMIC. AND AS IT CONTINUES, COMMUNITY EYES ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO KEEP PEOPLE ...

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GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH AND I’M RICK BAN, WHOSE CITY LEADERS ARE MAKING IT EASIER TO SAFELY DISPOSE OF USED SYRINGES BY ADDING DROP BOXES IN THREE CITY PARKS. THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE SPREAD ...

The Woodford County Health Department has launched a new Residential Sharps Disposal Program to allow residents to safely dispose of needles, syringes and other medical sharps at five approved kiosks ...