HOW DO YOU DISPOSE OF SCALPEL BLADES?

[Andy Gorman]

I keep them in a tin with a slot in the lid. To be honest it’ll probably take a few years for the tin to fill up, then I’ll give them to the girlfriend to dispose of. She’s a dental nurse and they have sharps bins.

[Robert Lambie]

walk up behind an employee standing doing nothing. stab your scalpel into his backside. but not too hard as you only want the length of the blade to go in. now quickly before he hits the roof, snap it sharply to the right leaving the blade beneath the skin and no rough edges being exposed.
now walk away whistling as if nothing has happened.

wot? 😕

[Russ]

I think when it comes to the industry where they use scalpels/blades in connection with needles then there will be the obvious disposal issues, if you were to find them just dumped some place the image of surgery and drugs spring to mind. I use snap-off and stanley type blades, just like every builder and householder, in my case I wrap old blades in lots of weeded vinyl and into the bin. If someone at home has broken glass they wrap it in newspaper and bin-it in most cases, some would take it to the bottle bank, don’t know where I’am going now just ranting.

Regards Russ

[Coupe_20v]

I too wrap mine up in lots of masking tape and write “blade” on it. I like the idea of the sealed tin with a slot in it though 😀

[Marekdlux]

We have a tin with a slot in the top. When it fills up (once in two years) we take vinyl scraps and wrap the whole lot into a ball of vinyl and throw in the trash.
-Marek

[Chris Dowd]

We got a couple of old Jaffa Cake tubs (similar to the Pringles ones) and cut a slot in the top. all old blades go in there, take years to fill the tub up!

[Nicola McIntosh]

quote signsol:

We got a couple of old Jaffa Cake tubs (similar to the Pringles ones) and cut a slot in the top. all old blades go in there, take years to fill the tub up!

now thats a good idea.. 😛

nik

[Phill Fenton]

Crockery is also sharp – is there regulation to ensure that the next time Alison throws some dishes at me that I have to ensure that the broken shards of Crockery are disposed of correctly in my home? Or does this regulation only apply to businesses?

Having said that I always ensure when I dispose of old blades I wrap them in bundles of tape to ensure no poor bugger can accidently injure himself when emtying my bucket. However, our binmen never touch waste anyway – half the time they don’t even bother to empty the bins properly despite the fact that this is what they’re paid to do. Consequently, I never give them a tip at Christmas (then again – maybe that’s why they don’t bother to empty my bucket properly 😕 ).

[Derek Heron]

make sure whatever you use cover in yellow vinyl you can do it wet or dry
and mark it sharps or blades we used to have to book out blades and return the blunt ones at a printers where i worked health and safety!
after one of the guys took one home in his rucksack and got on the bus he felt faint and then the woman behind him screamed
he had cut under his arm when he put his rucksack on doh!
i personally hate open ended scalpels you know the ones with a cork stuck on the end oh and i also hate those big brass darts the big big ones
once had a nasty one tied one to my fishing rod to practice my casting when i was eight casted out and it got stuck in the mud gave it a big tug and couldnt see it then thud straight through me welly into me shin double doh!
dex

[David Rowland]

i just wish some people in our place would consider others and leave the blades on the floor or outside in the parking area.

[John Childs]

Coffee jar with a slot cut in the top (Kenco usually) 😀

Phill, I slip our binmen £50 at Christmas, it works wonders and nothing is too much trouble for them. In fact when I had a second 1100 litre bin they gave me a bollocking, said I shouldn’t have bothered and that they would have been happy to call in twice a week instead of just the once!

I know I pay the bills and shouldn’t have to pay another fifty quid to get my bins emptied properly but the reality is that it is money well spent. Ditto the £20 the postie gets.

[Phill Fenton]

Och aye – I ken yer right John but it goes against my grain to give away my money. Och aye the noo 😉

[David Rowland]

i wonder what tempreture the metal melts at?

[Russ]

In respect to the disposal of old blades the idea of collecting them in a slotted container is a very good one. I am in support of the TV ad ( Go Walking ) so I suggest a variation on this called ( Dumping – Scrumping ) careful prep is required, first make sure you clean your finger prints from all blades and container and place to one side.

Now chose your disposal area, you know the grumpy old git down the road with lots of good fruit trees. Next kit-up obviously gloves and out door clothing, I guess a few shell suits will be coming out, now that’s not to bad as when the pocket liners go this gives you ample storage room inside the jacket. WARNING don’t chose an old mac you could end up in an identity parade.

If you are really taken by the idea of a shell suit and don’t have one contact Phil.K I know he has loads, I think he is on his hols at the moment so they will be out of mothballs.

Now cam-up and collect your tub of blades, sneak into your man’s garden and dump your blades in his bin, now go and help yourself to some of his apples hence dumping-scrumping, carefully make your way home and don’t overload. Once home you will feel rejuvenated like a ten year old again, mission complete you will have got rid of the blades, collected some healthy eating and got some exercise, all this adrenalin will do you the world of good.

Now looking forward in anticipation of your support for Rob to do a demo, car’nt wait to see his shell suit.

Respectfully Russ

[Chris Hooper]

I’d go with Robs idea! Only trouble is they always seem to be sitting down.

:lol1:

[Robert Lambie]

quote Chris Hooper:

I’d go with Robs idea! Only trouble is they always seem to be sitting down.

:lol1:

back of the neck mate… ahem…. back of the neck 😎

[Paul Goodwin]

I just snap mine off and into the bin. Then that goes into the main bin outside which is picked up by a the bin collecting machine.

or to quote McRod

“Place hand on wheelie bin lid, lift in a vertically upward direction, Snap off blade into aperture created by the vertical lift on the lid. ”

😛