Syringes, Needles and Sharps Containers

Information on sharps container exchange, the Needle Exchange Program and what to do if you find a needle or syringe. 

Sharps Container Exchange

For residents

Our sharps container program allows residents to dispose of used sharps containers in the collection bin at our Romsey Hub, 96–100 Main Street, Romsey. Returned containers are replaced with a new one, free of charge.

For safety reasons, sharps must be in an approved yellow sharps container. We cannot accept sharps in any other type of container. Purple cytotoxic containers are not able to be accepted by council.

Please never put sharps or syringes in household or public waste bins. Glucose Sensor Applicators contain a needle and must also be disposed of in a sharps container.

For businesses

Businesses that use sharps for procedures or services must arrange their own appropriate containers and disposal through a private contractor. 

Needle Exchange Program

The Victorian Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) is a public health initiative that aims to minimise the spread of blood-borne viruses such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B and C among people who inject drugs and into the wider community.

Needle exchange locations within the shire

Service Providers	Address	Contact No
Terry White Chemmart Chemist	107 Mollison Street, Kyneton	(03) 5422 1660
Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health	1 Caroline Chisolm Drive, Kyneton	(03) 5421 1666
Woodend Pharmacy	116-118 High Street, Woodend	(03) 5427 2410
Macedon Ranges Health	5 Neal Street, Gisborne	(03) 5428 0300

For more information on this program and for locations outside of the shire, refer to: Needle and Syringe Program

Reporting a syringe or needle

If you find syringes on Council land (for example, on nature strips, parks, shopping strips or pavements) we will pick them up. Contact our Customer Service team on (03) 5422 0333 to make a report.

If you find a syringe on private property, you can call the Victorian Syringe Disposal Helpline on 1800 552 355.