I don't want to sound like the "old guy" here but I think it is pretty important to dispose of your pins properly. I doubt anyone here can say that as a kid, they didn't climb on a dumpster at one time or another.
I just recently went through 9 tubs of protein that were packed with pins, bottles, alcohol swabs, amps, etc.. I took each one and dumped it into my bathroom sink and sorted all pins from the mess and put them into a bio-hazard container that you can get from gearbox for only like 5 or 7 bucks. Of course, I filled 4 of them to the top but I feel much better doing this as it is safer in the end for everyone involved. Plus, you might want to check your state laws of improperly disposing of bio-hazardous material as here in Colorado it is a fine of $500 per PIECE of material that is not properly disposed of.
You might think that dropping them in a dumpster is fine and you won't get caught. If you only dump a small amount, you probably won't. However, if it is big enough I would wonder if they wouldn't go through the trouble of running any fingerprints or something to find out who you are and making an example out of you. The public would not be too kind about this sort of thing. Also, it might be a stretch but you have to remember that there is plenty of DNA in those pins, guys. To say that there is no connection to you after you dump those pins is not very accurate at all.
I am not beating any of you up about this but someone earlier in the thread sounded suprised that anyone would go through so much trouble to dispose of their pins. I am surprised that so many would NOT put the time into disposing of them properly. Thing about it: The last thing we need is an article in your paper about how they found a bunch of needles with steroids in them (residue) in a dumpster. I doubt that this would help make us look any better than we already do in the media.
Just my opinion but..........
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