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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14 Councils partnering with NetWaste and Chemsal to offer a safe and easy disposal service to residents for unwanted or out-of-date household chemicals.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
Blayney
Cabonne
Coonamble
Dubbo
Gilgandra
Lachlan

Mid-Western Regional
Narromine
Orange
Parkes
Warrumbungle
Weddin
Wellington

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:

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 COLLECTIONS

Full days – 8.30am to 2.30pm
Half day Morning – 8.00am to 11.00am
Half Day Afternoon – 1.30pm to 4.30pm

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