Trashy Tuesday--insulin syringes

As most of you know I am a diabetic. So I always have syringes and pin needles in purse to check my blood and give myself insuling. Disposing of the syringe needle and the pin needle can be a problem. What I've done is save my medicene bottles. Create a small hole in the lid and then hot glue around the lid so it can't be removed. I take a small square piece of duct tape, just big enough to cover the hole in the cover when one edge folded over for easy lift. I throw one of these containers in my purse and when traveling I break the needle into the old med bottle & cover the hole back with the tape. When it is full of old needles. I spray paint in red & mark hazard material and dispose of accordingly. This is free, compared to the cost of buying the little containers they sell in the store that can easily be carried in your purse. (12 for around 10.00). For home use. I save old tide, bleach bottles. Dispose of the syringe with the needle broken off into the tide or bleach bottle and when full do the same thing. Hot glue the lid, so it can't be removed easily. Paint red (unless its a Tide or Era bottle) Mark hazard and dispose accordingly.

I really wish there was another way to handle the needles, syringes and lancets and such. I break the needle off. So no one can reuse the syringe and mark the containers clearly so NO ONE (hopefuly), accidently pokes themselves but I still cringe at the thought of it. I go through a lot of these babies. Two reg insulins shots a day using syringes and three insulin shots a day using a cartridge and pin needles, plus the disposale of at least 6 to 10 used test strips a day and the lancet needle that goes with that part of it.