Sharps disposal
Do not place sharps in your household waste and recycling.
They can cause injury to the collection teams and other people that may handle your waste.
Sharps take back scheme
A Sharps take back scheme is available on the Island.
This is for the disposal of needles or syringes with needles (sharps).
Containers issued by your healthcare professional can be returned to pharmacies across the Island.
You will be issued with a replacement container as required.
| Boots Pharmacy | 122-126 High Street, Newport, PO30 1TP |
| Boots Pharmacy | Cowes Medical Centre, 200 Newport Road, Cowes, PO31 7ER |
| Boots Pharmacy | Tower House, Rink Road, Ryde, PO33 1LP |
| Boots Pharmacy | 170-172 High Street, Ryde, PO33 2HW |
| Boots Pharmacy | 25 High Street, Bembridge, PO35 5SD |
| Boots Pharmacy | 15 High Street, Sandown, PO36 8DA |
| Boots Pharmacy | 1 High Street, Shanklin, PO37 6LA |
| Boots Pharmacy | 3 High Street, Ventnor, PO38 1RY |
| Boots Pharmacy | 1 Moa Place, School Green Road, Freshwater, PO40 9DS |
| Day Lewis Pharmacy | 86-88 High Street, Newport, PO30 1BH |
| Day Lewis Pharmacy | 22 Carisbrooke High Street, Newport, PO30 1NR |
| Day Lewis Pharmacy | 7 High Street, Cowes, PO31 7SA |
| Day Lewis Pharmacy | 43 High Street, Wootton, PO33 4LU |
| Day Lewis Pharmacy | 23 Sandown Road, Lake, PO36 9JL |
| Day Lewis Pharmacy | 51 Regent Street, Shanklin, PO37 7AE |
| Gibbs & Gurnell | 34 Union Street, Ryde, PO33 2LE |
| Kemkay Chemist | 3 Clifton Buildings, Avenue Road, Freshwater, PO40 9UT |
| Lloyds Pharmacy | 41-42 Pyle Street, Newport, PO30 1XB |
| Lloyds Pharmacy | East Cowes Medical Centre, East Cowes, PO32 6RP |
| Lloyds Pharmacy | 18 The Esplanade, Ryde, PO33 2DZ |
| Lloyds Pharmacy | Sandown Medical Centre, The Broadway, Sandown, PO36 9ET |
| Lloyds Pharmacy | 1 Albert Street, Ventnor, PO38 1EZ |
| Niton Pharmacy | High Street, Niton, PO38 2AZ |
| Regent Pharmacy | 10 Well Road, East Cowes, PO32 6SP |
| Regent Pharmacy | 59 Regent Street, Shanklin, PO37 7AE |
| Sainsburys Pharmacy | Foxes Road, Newport, PO30 5ZB |
| Seaview Pharmacy | Pier Road, Seaview, PO34 5BL |
| Tesco Pharmacy | Brading Road, Ryde, PO33 1QS |
| Yarmouth Pharmacy | 4 Quay Street, Yarmouth, PO41 0PB |
If you have a 5l or 7l sharps box that you are unable to dispose of at any of the participating pharmacies, please contact the Waste Team on (01983) 823777 or waste.contract@iow.gov.uk
Flytipped sharps
If you find sharps or other hazardous healthcare waste fly tipped on council owned land, call us on 01983 823777 or complete the online form. We will then arrange for it to be cleared.
Emergency Hit Squad
The Emergency Hit Squad form is only to be used to report hazardous items, for example: hypodermic syringes, needles or broken glass that may cause a risk to human health on council owned or maintained land.
The Emergency Hit Squad will collect hazardous materials and make safe any dangerous or hazardous waste on authority owned and managed land including:
- parks
- amenity beaches
- Public Rights of Way
- council offices
- Isle of Wight Council managed car parks
- any other unspecified authority land.
Items on private land will not be removed. Items on a public road or pavement should be reported to Island Roads on 01983 822440 or online at fix my street.