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Brockton council introduces sharps-disposal ordinance; referred to ordinance committee
Summary
Councilors introduced a draft ordinance to require retailers and distributors of sharps to maintain collection receptacles, submit disposal plans and pay administrative costs; the measure was read and sent to the ordinance committee for further work.
Brockton — On Sept. 23 the Brockton City Council introduced a proposed ordinance intended to increase safe collection and disposal options for household medical sharps (needles, syringes, lancets) and referred the measure to the ordinance committee.
The clerk read the full text of the proposed ordinance, which would require retailers or distributors that supply sharps in the city to provide at least two sharps-disposal receptacles,…
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