Clinical collections

There are 3 different collection arrangements available depending on the type of waste:

• hygiene waste – non-infectious waste can be collected via your normal black sack collections, for example, catheter and stoma bags (drained), nappies, sanitary waste, incontinence pads
• sharps only - if you are self-medicating, your sharps boxes containing hypodermic needles and syringes can be taken to a participating pharmacy or surgery
• clinical waste - this is waste which is infectious to humans and needs to be collected separately via our clinical waste service

If you self-medicate using clinical sharps and require your sharps bins to be disposed of, you will need to take them to your local participating pharmacy or GP surgery listed below:

• Bottisham Pharmacy, 8 High Street, Bottisham, CB25 9DQ
• Burwell Surgery, Newmarket Road, Burwell, CB25 0AE
• Boots Pharmacy, 6 Market Street, Ely, CB7 4PB
• St Mary's Street Pharmacy, 64 St Mary's Street, Ely, CB7 4EY
• Haddenham Pharmacy, Station Road, Haddenham, CB6 3XD
• Wellbeing Pharmacy, 2 Parsons Lane, Littleport, CB6 1JU
• Staploe Pharmacy, Brewhouse Lane, Soham, CB7 5JD
• Priors Field Surgery, 24 High Street, Sutton, CB6 2RB
• Sutton Pharmacy, 29 High Street, Sutton, CB6 2RB

There is no charge for this service, and you will be able to collect your new sharps boxes in your usual way. We do not provide clinical sharps boxes.

If you are housebound and unable to visit any of the locations, please be assured that we will collect your used sharps from your home on a quarterly basis. 

If your clinical waste or sharps boxes were not collected, please report it to us.

Report a missed clinical collection 

For further information on clinical collections, please email waste@eastcambs.gov.uk or call us on 01353 665555.