Regulator guidance

Sharps waste

NSW Environment Protection Authority. Published page, New South Wales.

Version: Updated 28 November 2025
Last read: 7 October 2026

The EPA's page on sharps waste. It explains what the definition takes in, including sharps used for skin penetration or injection for medical or non-medical reasons, what it leaves out, and what it says health professionals and businesses that run a sharps collection service do about a Clinical and Related Waste Management Plan.

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