Household Hazardous Chemical Collection Program
The Household Hazardous Chemical Collection program is about to be held throughout the central west region, with 14 Councils partnering with NetWaste and Chemsal to offer a safe and easy disposal service to residents for unwanted or out-of-date household chemicals. The program is also being held with significant support from the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW).
Hazardous household chemicals that are eligible for collection include items such as pesticides, paint, garden chemicals (eg. weed killers), solvents (eg. paint stripper), house chemicals (eg. bleach and detergents), smoke detectors, fluorescent light globes and tubes, household batteries, old gas bottles, and fire extinguishers.
Local residents are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of unwanted chemicals from their garden shed and house as there are limited other opportunities due to the nature of the material.
Collections are being held during November and December 2009 throughout the region. Please refer to the Timetable for details of time and site location for each participating Council.
This service is for local residents with domestic quantities of household hazardous chemicals only, with the first 20kg/litres able to be disposed of free of charge. The service is not available to businesses or for materials delivered in commercial quantities.
Residents are reminded to ensure all chemicals are transported safely to the Collection Centre, taking particular care that containers are not leaking.
Participating Councils for the 2009 collections are:
Bathurst Regional |
Mid-Western Regional |
For further information, contact your local Council.
Get rid of unwanted household hazardous chemicals!!
Fourteen Councils are partnering with NetWaste and Chemsal to provide a service for the collection of household hazardous chemicals. So take the opportunity to clean out your garden shed and household cupboards – listed below are the general items that will and will not be accepted:
YES, we will accept …….. |
NO, we won’t accept …….. |
| Paint Pesticides Pool chemicals Garden chemicals (eg weed killers) Solvents (eg paint stripper) Household chemicals (eg bleach & detergents) Smoke detectors Fluorescent light globes and tubes Old gas bottles Fire extinguishers |
Asbestos Empty containers Farm chemicals Mobile phones General garbage Intractable waste Flares and/or ammunition Tyres Lead Acid Batteries Infectious clinical and medical waste |
Some important information:
- This collection is for domestic quantities only of household hazardous chemicals – the first 20kg/litres are free per person.
- The service is not available to businesses or for material delivered in commercial quantities.
- If you are unsure whether a certain item is eligible, please contact your local Council. Take care to ensure chemicals are transported safely and are not leaking from their containers.
- Some of the items listed as those which won’t be accepted can be disposed of through other services such as DrumMUSTER for chemical drums and MobileMuster for mobile phones – ask Council for further information on these programs or visit www.recyclingnearyou.com.au
Collections are being held during November and December 2009 throughout the region. Refer to the Timetable for details of a collection near you.
To find out how to properly dispose of the different types of household hazardous waste (such as paint, batteries, used oil etc), on a year-round basis, please visit the 'Getting Rid Of...' section of this website.
TIMETABLE AND SITES FOR CHEMICAL COLLECTIONSFull days – 8.30am to 2.30pm |
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| DATE | HALF/FULL DAY | TOWN | SITE |
| Fri 20th Nov 2009 | Half - pm | Mudgee | Waste Facility Depot Hill End Rd |
| Fri 20th Nov 2009 | Half - pm | Wellington | Transfer Stn University Rd |
| Sat 21st Nov 2009 | Full | Dubbo | Showground Wingewarra St |
| Sun 22nd Nov 2009 | Half - am | Narromine | Waste depot Gainsborough Rd |
| Sun 22nd Nov 2009 | Half - pm | Trangie | Waste Depot Trangie Tip Rd |
| Mon 23rd Nov 2009 | Half - am | Coonamble | Showground |
| Mon 23rd Nov 2009 | Half - pm | Coonabarabran | Landfill Baradine Rd |
| Tues 24th Nov 2009 | Half - am | Gilgandra | Waste Facility Pines Drive |
| Sat 5th Dec 2009 | Half - am | Blayney | Waste Transfer Station 4165 Mid Western Hwy |
| Sat 5th Dec 2009 | Half- pm | Orange | Resource Recovery Centre 261 Ophir Rd |
| Sun 6th Dec 2009 | Half- am | Manildra | Manildra Landfill Toogong Rd |
| Sun 6th Dec 2009 | Half- pm | Grenfell | Landfill Gooloogong Rd |
| Mon 7th Dec 2009 | Half- am | Condobolin | Waste Facility Maitland St |
| Mon 7th Dec 2009 | Half- pm | Parkes | Works Depot Thornbury St |
| Tues 8th Dec 2009 | Full | Bathurst | Cook Hockey Complex Mid Western Hwy |
For further information on this program, please contact: your local Council
