I take mine to work and put in a sharps container. I take those precautions because when I was a little kid a friend and I found some used syringes/needles in the garbage. We thought it was great fun filling them with water and squirting each other. I stuck myself and spent 3 days in the hospital delerious with some unknown infection. I don't want to put anyone elese through that or have them worry about if the needle was from some HIV pos druggie. Imagine a kid gets this needle and brings it home complaining that he stuck himself. mom is gonna freak, call the cops, worry about aids. There is a good chance the cops will try to track the source "you" of that needle. 2 good reasons for " All those precautions"