Until someone can find a completely safe way to handle them, they cannot be recycled. Needles are treated as medical waste. To dispose of them, companies must incinerate them at very high temperatures to kill off all the pathogens.

How do they recycle hypodermic needles?

The proper and safe way to dispose of used or unwanted needles is to simply place them in a sharps container. These containers are specially made to be puncture and leak proof so they can safely store needles with or without medication in them.

What to do with unused hypodermic needles?

to place used needles/pen needles, lancets (sharps) in a household container such as a laundry detergent botle, bleach botle or other opaque sturdy plasc con- tainer with a screw-top lid. When that container is full, place it in your regular garbage – not recycling.