HAZARDOUS WASTE: A large needle box is located on Buncombe County property in front of Pack Memorial Library on Haywood Street. Photo by Jessica Wakeman In September 2018, Malaprops Bookstore/Cafe ...

SCOOP: Starbucks is installing syringe-disposal boxes in certain bathrooms and testing other solutions after workers speak out on needle sticks and safety concerns ...

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ.-- – An unintended consequence of COVID-19 has been a surge in new trash, from face masks, wipes, and gloves to now used syringes. As millions of vaccines roll out daily, the process ...

May 08 -- FALL RIVER, MA -- Disposing of used needles just got easier and safer in the city. Two fire stations, the Central Fire Station, 165 Bedford St., and the Globe Kosier Fire Station, 659 Globe ...

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OF KEEPING THE PARKS CLEAN. THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WE’RE STILL RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS OPIOID EPIDEMIC. AND AS IT CONTINUES, COMMUNITY EYES ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO KEEP PEOPLE ...

An investigation has revealed an assortment of drug paraphernalia littered throughout a Bronx public park despite city-placed syringe disposal boxes meant to deal with the loose needles found ...

Workers at “needle exchange” spots across the city may be forced to collect used drug syringes that end up as litter under a new bill unveiled Thursday. Council member Oswald Feliz’s new bill would ...

Starbucks plans to install needle-disposal boxes in some locations after workers reported finding blood and discarded needles and syringes in bathrooms. The coffee giant's decision was made to solve ...

ASHEVILLE - City and Buncombe County officials will discuss the installation of sharps disposal containers in an Oct. 31 meeting, according to city spokeswoman Polly McDaniel. Greg Shuler, Asheville ...

GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH AND I’M RICK BAN, WHOSE CITY LEADERS ARE MAKING IT EASIER TO SAFELY DISPOSE OF USED SYRINGES BY ADDING DROP BOXES IN THREE CITY PARKS. THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE SPREAD ...