Household chemical Cleanout 

Hazardous materials including oil and chemicals  Should NEVER go in your garbage bin or down the sink!

Every year, Council works with the NSW Office of Environment & Heritage to provide Liverpool residents with an opportunity to dispose of their unwanted chemicals at no cost to the resident.

On Sunday 12 February 2011, Liverpool City Council hosted an Office of Environment & Heritage (OEH) Household Chemical CleanOut Day in the car park of the Administration Building located at Collimore Park, Collimore Avenue, Liverpool. The collection day was a great opportunity for residents to clean out their cupboards, garages, sheds and laundries of unwanted chemicals and drop them into Council to be recycled or disposed of correctly. 

More than 26,978kg of chemicals were collected on the day, including 8,023kgs of water-based paint, 5,233kgs of oil-based paint, 4,756kg of oil, 3,018 kgs of batteries and 1,806kgs of propane gas cylinders from 629 residents.

To find out what happens to all the chemicals that are collected, click here to download the CleanOut factsheet What Happens to the Chemicals from the Collection Event?

Liverpool City Council's next Household Chemical Collection is scheduled to take place in early 2012.

Materials that will be accepted include:

• Paint and paint-related products such as thinners, strippers and varnish
• Pesticides and herbicides (fungicides, bait/poisons, wood preservatives)
• Solvents and household cleaners
• Motor oils, fuels and fluids
• Batteries
• Gas bottles
• Fire extinguishers
• Pool chemicals
• Acids and alkalis
• Hobby chemicals, such as photography chemicals
• Fluorescent tubes

No chemicals will be accepted either before or after the event by Council.

Tips:

• Only household quantities are accepted (usually up to 20 litres of a liquid waste or 20 kilograms)
• Materials collected are treated and disposed in a manner least harmful to the environment and human health
• Residents are advised to transport the materials in original containers if possible, without mixing, and ensure containers are well-sealed.  Containers holding liquids should be wrapped in newspaper and secured in plastic bags, then packed into buckets or trays.  It is advisable to transport the materials in a space away from passengers, such as in the boot.

Business-related and commercial quantities will not be accepted  - telephone the Environment Line on 131 555 to find out correct disposal for businesses.

A number of Chemical CleanOuts are held each year in different Sydney regions. For more information on other collection events held within the Sydney Metropolitan Area please refer to the NSW Office of Environment & Heritage Chemical CleanOut website.

Residents can access more information on 131 555.

For further information regarding the disposal of other household waste please refer below:

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Hazardous waste such as water and oil-based paints (up to 20 litres), engine oil, vehicle batteries (up to five) and gas bottles (up to two per person) can be disposed of at any SITA Environmental Solutions Resource Recovery Centre. Disposal fees may apply. Call SITA Environmental Solutions on 1300 651 116 for more information or click here to go to the SITA Environmental Solutions website.

Household medicines that are out of date or no longer needed can be taken back to a participating chemist for disposal through the Return Unwanted Medicines (RUM) program.

Council provides a service through selected local chemists for the safe disposal of syringes and other contaminated clinical waste. Click here for more information about Council's Be Sharp Safe Program or phone Council on 1300 36 2170 for more information.

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