We have just purchased a piece of kit that requires the user to break the top off of a glass phial then use a hypodermic needle to transfer the contents into the machine. Disposal of the needle into a sharps bin is straight forward but what about the glass? Can that go in the sharps bin or should it be segregated. No bio hazards involved, just solvents etc. Haz waste people will take away the bins when full. Comments welcomed

Hi, Agree with freelance safety, assuming of course the residues within the empty glass vial aren't sufficiently toxic to present an unacceptable risk. Toxic chemical glass vials I've used in a laboratory setting in the past would be rinsed with solvent first before disposal. Regards Steve