Sharps disposal rising in Kootenai County
At the Ramsey Transfer Station, a Kootenai County resident shows her sharps to Solid Waste Operations Manager Dave Husky before disposing of them.
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Kootenai County accepts used sharps from county residents, as long as they meet the requirements for disposal.
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Sharps must be placed securely in plastic containers with thick walls for disposal.
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COEUR d’ALENE — When a woman pulled up to the bright red sharps bins at the Ramsey Transfer Station on Friday morning, Dave Husky checked that everything was in order.
The woman showed Husky how she’d packaged her garbage: in a hard plastic container, double-wrapped in gray plastic bags. She’d done it right.
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