The answer is a sharps container. Used blades are a puncture hazard and need to go somewhere built for that.
A closed trash bag or a regular waste basket doesn't protect anyone handling shop trash afterward from a needlestick-style injury. A dedicated sharps container is designed specifically to prevent that, which is why it's treated as a strict rule rather than a tidiness preference.
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