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(click
here to download a summary of the OH&S document
"Management of Waste from Council Operations including,
Contaminated Waste and Infectious Disease")
Greater Western Sydney
- Community Safety Disposal Project Report
Wentworth Area
Health Service received funding to auspice a Community Safe Disposal
Project covering the three Area Health Services in the greater
western area of Sydney, Wentworth, Western and South Western Sydney.
This project was funded by NSW Health, and has been working closely
with the fifteen Councils in the greater western Sydney area to
improve the safety of the local communities by enhancing safe
disposal options for needles and syringes.
(click here
to download a condensed version of the full Project
Report)
Kempsey Shire Council
(click
here to download photographs of bin placements for collection of
community sharps in public areas)
(click
here to download a media release about the Project)
More information on the Kempsey
Shire Council community sharps management program is contained in
the Guidelines.
Marrickville Council
(click
here to download a copy of Safety in Marrickville, the
Report on Marrickville Council's Safe Needle and Syringe Disposal
Program.
More information on the Marrickville
Council community sharps management program is contained in the Guidelines.
Northern Rivers Area Health Service - Harm Minimisation
Project
A project designed to develop
effective communication and partnerships between the NRAHS and local
councils, and to support councils in developing local strategies for
the management of community sharps.
(click
here to download a copy of the Project Report)
Parramatta City Council
Parramatta City Council has been
collecting data on bin usage rates for 5 years, and uses this data
to determine the most appropriate bin size for specific sites in the
Parramatta council area.
(click
here to download photographs of bin placements for collection of
community sharps in public areas)
More information on the Parramatta City Council
community sharps management program is contained in the Guidelines.
Riverina Eastern Regional Organisation of Councils
(click
here to download a copy of the REROC Community Sharps
Brochure)
More information on the REROC Waste
Forum community sharps management program is contained in the Guidelines.
Wagga Wagga City Council
(click
here to download an overview of the project conducted by the
Wagga Wagga Sharps Action Group)
(click
here to download a poster distributed by the Wagga Wagga Sharps
Action Group)
(click
here to download photos from the Wagga Wagga Sharps Action
Group. Community sharps Display - Little Big Day
Out.) | 
