SCOOP: Starbucks is installing syringe-disposal boxes in certain bathrooms and testing other solutions after workers speak out on needle sticks and safety concerns ...

I am writing in response to “Sharp Objects: Syringe Disposal Units Are a ‘Balancing Act’” in the April 13 edition [Xpress]. Here’s how I see things. The Needle Exchange Program of Asheville was ...

HAZARDOUS WASTE: A large needle box is located on Buncombe County property in front of Pack Memorial Library on Haywood Street. Photo by Jessica Wakeman In September 2018, Malaprops Bookstore/Cafe ...

The addition of two new sharps disposal boxes add to the effort of offering proper disposal of needles, lancets, syringes and ...

OF KEEPING THE PARKS CLEAN. THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WE’RE STILL RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS OPIOID EPIDEMIC. AND AS IT CONTINUES, COMMUNITY EYES ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO KEEP PEOPLE ...