Notes: Hours: Monday-Friday, 7am-4pm, Saturday, 7am-12pm. For safe disposal, needles and other medical sharps should be placed in a standard sharps container or in a heavy, rigid plastic bottle such as a laundry detergent, bleach or fabric softener. Containers holding sharps should be taped shut prior to disposal. Needles should never be placed in soda bottles, cans or cardboard containers.