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An opinion poll asks people what they believe or would do. A sourced number reports what an agency, a study, or a regulated program measured. Both appear on this site, and they are labeled differently for a reason. Say a poll shows many people think a gloved hand is fine for picking up a syringe. That measures belief, and the belief is wrong. When a health department shares injury data for waste workers, that measures what really happened. Read polls to see the gap between what people assume and what the facts say. Then use that gap to find where your own beliefs may need a second look.
How many people answered, and who chose to, also matters. Say a small group answers while dealing with a camp cleanup. Their answers will lean toward anger and urgency. The same question asked of people who use insulin at home would get different results. Neither group is wrong. They are just answering from different lives. Before you draw a conclusion from any poll here, ask who was likely answering and why. Then check whether a sourced number exists on the same topic. If the poll and the number disagree, the number usually counts for more. The poll shows how much teaching the public still needs.
Visitors to this page are not a random sample of everyone who deals with needle & sharps disposal. People arrive here because they are planning, worried or curious, so the mix of answers can lean toward whoever was searching that week. Watch the vote count under each poll before you draw a conclusion, and compare what people think with the sourced figures below.
Discarded-needle reports to San Francisco's 311 system rose from 221 in 2010 to 8,679 in 2019, with 34,912 reports analyzed over the decade.
Read with care: Reports reflect both needle presence and growing public awareness of the 311 app, not a pure count of needles.
Source: International Journal of Drug Policy (PMC) (2020)City and County of San Francisco, 311 service requests, 2010-2019
An EREF/SWANA survey found needlestick injuries among recycling sorting-line workers at 3.9 per 100 full-time employees in 2016, and 56 percent of facilities reported at least one worker stuck.
Read with care: Based on facility self-reporting to an industry survey, not a peer-reviewed national dataset.
Source: Environmental Research & Education Foundation / SWANA (via Resource Recycling) (2018)US materials recovery facilities surveyed about 2016 injuries
Seattle Public Utilities collected more than 800,000 needles, syringes and lancets from public spaces in 2024, and over 2 million from 2022 through 2024.
Read with care: Counts include sharps deposited voluntarily in city disposal boxes, not only litter picked up by crews.
Source: Seattle Public Utilities (2025)City of Seattle public property and 23 disposal boxes, calendar year 2024
These figures are public research and agency data, not this network's own job records. Keep each number with its population, year and limits; none of them predicts cost, timing or outcome at a specific property.
Each device can vote once per poll. Your choice is saved on your own device so you can see results afterward. Votes are stored on this site's server. The results page shows each option's share of all votes. Answers are not weighted. So they only show the visitors who chose to answer, not how often needles turn up in any town.
Results update as new visitors answer, so the percentages shift over time. A poll with few votes can swing after a few new answers. A busier poll changes slowly. News about used syringes, or a link shared by a property management group, can also change who is voting.
No. Poll answers are saved without names, email addresses, or account details. Your browser keeps a small note of which option you picked so it does not ask you again. Clearing your browser data removes that note. The site does not build a profile from your answers. Your vote is never sent to providers, landlords, or property owners.
Results can help you guess how residents or staff might react to a find. They can show which ways of reporting people are comfortable with, or what comfort they expect after a sweep. Use them to shape how you talk about it and to guide policy talks. Do not use them as proof of what is safe or required. For those choices, rely on local advice, your provider, and your own records.
No. Polls show the opinions and experiences of visitors who chose to answer. They do not show how common needle finds are near you, whether a handling method is safe, or what your local disposal rules require. For those questions, use the sourced facts on this site, your local health department, and qualified sharps disposal providers.
Polls capture what people believe or would do, and some beliefs do not match good practice. Seeing those answers is useful because it shows where mix-ups are common. If a result surprises you, read the related article or guide to learn the safer way. The site shows results as they come in. It does not hide answers it disagrees with.
No. Safety advice in the articles, guides, and tools comes from sourced material and proven practice, not from how visitors vote. A poll where many people favor an unsafe option does not make that option OK. Instead, results like that help show which mix-ups are common. That can shape which topics the site explains more clearly in future articles and guides.
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