not to be a communist about it but if you're finding hypodermic needles in your public trash cans, your gut reaction shouldn't be to get rid of the trash can, it should be "thank god this ended up in a place where , a DPS worker trained in hazardous waste management can handle it, instead of a kid on the street"
because if you remove the trash cans where the needles end up GUESS WHERE YOU'RE GONNA FIND THEM
@wgahnagl and we couldnt just put biohazard boxes next to the public trash. Like it would be sensible to do
@budsofstone literally that's what I'm emailing about like
The cops are like "uhm, there were needles in the trash so we needed to get rid of them :(" like THEN PUT A FUCKING SHARPS CONTAINER ON THE NEW TRASH CAN YOU FUCKING PIG, DO SOMETHING
@wgahnagl @budsofstone also make sure people can just walk into any pharmacy and get a free sharps container or hand in a full one, no questions asked, hell, make it so you can just grab an individual one or drop one off with the barest of nod from the staff to not like add more of a barrier
@budsofstone @wgahnagl thankfully in my use case, doing blocker injections, they will probably never fill up, but still
@budsofstone @helle 👁️ 👁️ omfg
TBH do you want to DM me or something maybe I can help get you in touch with a harm reduction group nearby that you can use for the infinite needles for infinite solidarity hack
where you give your needles to harm reduction groups, which gives them access to more needles to distribute, which also could give you access to free needles
You don't have to be doing drugs
@budsofstone @helle do you also want to DM me, I wonder if there's a group in your area that is way cooler and less of a pain about this shit
@wgahnagl @helle i used to do that actually when i lived in portland, i would gather all the sharps from my polycule and friends and would take them to the needle exchange. I live in bum fuck no where now tho so i dont think there is one close by. The clostest "city" doesnt even have public trash cans
@budsofstone @helle you'd be surprised at how many cool people are doing cool shit in the middle of nowhere! But you might be right lol
@budsofstone @wgahnagl here you have to hand them in at the (out of town) rubbish station, or arrange for pickup, pharmacies in this town do not take them back, it is frustrating.....