Reddit reviews BD Home Sharps Container

It works, but I try to avoid things that look like food or candy as well as things that can be easily opened. Ideally a lid is permanently attached and a slot cut big enough to fit a blade.


I would not want to have a child find this thinking there may be candy in there. Here is what I use.

For used needles, I use two things when I'm out and about: a BD needle clipper and a sharps shaft. First I clip the needle from the pen needle; then I use the plastic piece that the pen needle comes packaged in to unscrew it from my pen; then I drop it into the sharps shaft. Once I get home, I put it in my usual sharps container (I've also included a link for that below in case you're looking for a good sharps container for home, too.)

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Needle clipper: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VE6KB8/

Sharps shaft: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006AZZQG2

Home sharps container: https://www.amazon.com/BD-4332398307-Home-Sharps-Container/dp/B000SOP4UY/

The sharps containers I buy are actually really cheap. A few bucks ($6) and they last for a few months, even when on MDI. We thought disposal was going to be a hassle, but it turns out that our local waste transfer station will take them for free. To save trips, we just saved up 6-8 of them before dropping them off. They much preferred to get proper containers as the risk to them is greatly mitigated. When we dropped ours off, they went straight into a 55 gallon barrel, which I assume they later took to an incinerator.

These containers are only $6 on Amazon, but I have seen them cheaper in my local big box store:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SOP4UY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1