Bristol, CT Public Health Rules: Syringe Disposal (2026)

Code of Ordinances § 10-6(d) addresses sharps in a single sentence within the chapter's curbside rubbish section: 'Household syringes shall be disposed of in accordance with all state and federal regulations and/or procedures established by the board of public works.' The provision sits inside the same section that limits rubbish barrels to 'acceptable curbside collected rubbish' and bars recyclables and unacceptable materials from the barrel, so a resident cannot rely on the ordinary weekly rubbish pickup to handle used needles without following whatever state, federal or board-set sharps procedure applies; the chapter does not spell out a specific container or drop-off method itself, leaving that to the state and federal rules it cross-references and to the board's own posted procedures.

Chapter 10 carries no separate provision on siting a needle-exchange or harm-reduction program anywhere in its text; the city's solid waste chapter regulates only how a household must dispose of its own syringes, not where any exchange or collection program may operate. Enforcement for a § 10-6 violation follows the same escalating process as the rest of the section: written notice for a first violation, then a second notice warning that continued noncompliance is penalized as a separate offense each day under § 1-11.