I use a slimfast can for razor blade disposal. I is shiny and looks good on the shelf.
I'd like to offer that incinerators are not the fuel guzzlers they are made out to be--that they are in many cases actually used to generate power and heat. The newer designs are quite environmentally friendly, and are seeing increased use in Europe, Denmark in particular. I know that some environmentalists like to vilify them, but they are not the bogeyman they are made out to be.Referring back to this, you are correct, the contents of plastic sharps boxes, or the boxes themselves are not recycled, but they are not landfilled either,they are incinerated. So this would mean you buying a sharps box (a new plastic product), filling it with blades, taking it to a collection point (possibly by car?) just to have it destroyed in a fuel guzzling incinerator. Ecologically this seems like the worst possible option, and is the "Problem with disposal" that I was talking about in my last post.
There is no evidence that used razor blades will ever "come to life" in the rubbish, cross the kitchen floor, and attack us in our sleep. The only hazard comes with the possibility of humans sticking their mitts into the trash with their eyes closed and brains disconnected. (Situation: Normal??)
I use one of these from WSC:
At $1 each they are very economical. They are metal, so tossing the whole thing into the recycling bin when it's full shouldn't be an issue. They are big enough to hold a lot of blades. I don't know how many because I haven't counted.
I'm in the UK, and this is the position here - it may be different in the States.
Plastic blade dispenser boxes can go in your household plastic recycling - but only if they are empty (i.e. with no blades in them).
Razor blades and disposable razors cannot go in your household recycling - they go in your non-recyclable trash, and are landfilled.
A plastic sharps box could be used, but you would have to buy one, unless you have a medical need for one, e.g. diabetic or I.V. drug user. Disposal is then a problem as you cannot throw it in your trash, or recycle bin - it's classed as medical waste, and therefore incinerated.
So basically the plastic or card blade boxes can be recycled, blades cannot.
I did have one thought though. If you use a metal blade bank, when it is nearly full, add a load of salt to it and fill with water. Leave it for a couple of weeks before you toss it. By the time it hits the landfill, the blades inside will
be rusting nicely, thus speeding the bio-degrading process.