Mounjaro needle disposal warning follows sharps found in Coventry recycling
A UK GP told people on Mounjaro and Wegovy to use sharps bins, not recycling, after the BBC reported needles reaching a Coventry sorting plant. No national figures on discarded needles have been published.
COVENTRY, ENGLAND
1.5 millionPeople served by the councils whose recycling the Coventry plant sorts, per the BBC
- What's newA UK GP urged Mounjaro and Wegovy users to put used needles in sharps bins, after the BBC reported needles and sharps containers turning up at a Coventry recycling plant.
- Why it mattersNeedles in recycling can injure sorting staff, who then face testing and months of waiting for results. Private buyers of weight loss injections may not receive sharps bins or disposal advice, the BBC reported.
- What's nextNo national data or regulator response has been reported. The open question is whether private prescribers routinely supply sharps bins with first injections.
