Medical Waste

Council provides a free sharps waste disposal service for residents who need a safe way to dispose of syringes, sharps and dialysis tubing. 
Residents can drop off their sharps waste at any of the participating pharmacies or chemists listed below. 

Please Note: Pharmacies and Chemists can only accept sharps contained within a medical grade sharps container. Sharps containers are available for free from the Customer Service Centre at 1 Pope Street, Ryde. Available containers are 1.4L size. Pharmacies and Chemists may not be able to accept all containers due to capacity limitations. There are restrictions as to the number of free containers available each year with a maximum of two free sharps containers able to be collected at any one time, for more information please contact the waste department at waste@ryde.nsw.gov.au.