Detox your Home this Summer
Published on 18 December 2024
Detox your Home this Summer
The Christmas and New Year break are a great time to clear out sheds, cupboards and under the sink of unwanted household chemicals in preparation for Sustainability Victoria’s Detox your Home event in early February.
Running for more than 30 years, Detox your Home is a free and convenient service for residents to safely dispose of unwanted everyday household chemicals such as weedkiller, pesticides, cleaning chemicals, cosmetics, cooking oil and more.
Chemicals collected at Detox your Home events include:
- Fuels and flammable liquids – turpentine, methylated spirits, petrol, kerosene, diesel, paint thinners
- Garden – herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers, pool chemicals, poisons
- Household – cleaners, bleach, ammonia, oven cleaner, solvents, cooking oil, fire extinguishers
- Car – wax, transmission fluid, body filler, brake fluid.
Common household chemicals do not belong in landfill. Pouring them down the drain or placing them in kerbside bins pollutes our waterways, harms animals and vegetation.
“Everyone in the community can help keep toxic chemicals out of the environment by registering online and bringing items to the Detox Your Home event. It’s a free event that benefits the environment and the community.” Said Sean Ginnivan, Waste Services Coordinator.
The items are sorted by qualified chemists and transported to a specialist waste treatment facility where they are either repurposed, recycled or stored in secure landfills.
Chemicals that can be disposed of also include items you can find around your home labelled Corrosive 8, Oxidizing agent 5.1, Toxic 6.1, Flammable liquid 3, Flammable solid 4.1, and detergents, glues, fire extinguishers and more.
The Detox Your Home program is initiated by Sustainability Victoria with events delivered statewide by local councils.
Event Details - Registrations are essential
Date: Saturday 22 February 2025
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Location: at the Council Works Depot, 51-69 Newman Street Wangaratta
Register here: www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/detoxyourhome
*Registrations close on 20 February 2025