Chemicals

Household chemicals are hazardous and should never be put in recycling or garbage bins at home. They should be disposed of responsibly through specialised recycling and safe disposal services.

Household chemicals are hazardous and should never be put in your recycling or garbage bin at home. If chemical waste is not handled correctly, it can have a serious impact on the environment. Household chemicals should be disposed of responsibly through specialised recycling and safe disposal services.

Household chemicals should never be put on the kerb for council collection or poured on the ground, down the drain or toilet, or into sewers. Chemicals that are disposed of improperly can make their way into the environment, putting wildlife, waterways, and human health at risk.

Keep these out of your waste and recycling bin

Household chemical waste and hazardous materials include:

  • household cleaners
  • automotive products
  • garden chemicals
  • paints
  • thinners
  • adhesives
  • varnishes
  • pool cleaners
  • batteries
  • gas canisters/bottles
  • asbestos
  • oils
  • fluorescent tubes and globes

Most councils will accept these items at designated collection points, however, it may vary. Please check with your council beforehand to find out what items can be taken to their listed depot or chemical clean-up day.

HazRad Australia

34 Cocos Drive, Bibra Lake

20.7km

All Commercial Wreckers

17 Stebbing Road, Maddington

All Commercial Wreckers is a firm which is based in Perth and well established for cash for car, car removal, scrap car removal, car parts selling and wrecking. We offer cash for cars, 4WDs, uts, trucks and vans though it is damaged, hail damage, flooded, problematic, wrecked, scrap or junk. Customers can buy all the make and model parts also All Commercial Wreckers are not just the wreckers, we are known for recycling and dismantling services too.

Fees may apply.

Western Australia

Cleanaway Liquid Waste Services

40 Christie St, St Marys

Fees may apply.

National (Metro Only)

Hansen Environmental

53 Alacrity place, Henderson

We are a small family run business with a strong belief in the importance of recycling. We currently recycle oils, metals and of recent, E-waste. In the events of recycling computer hard drives. We will be able to provide certificates to prove all data has been erased before scrapping.

Fees may apply.

Western Australia

HazRad Australia

34 Cocos Drive, Bibra Lake

HazRad operates a Department of Water, Environment & Regulation approved, Prescribed Premise located in Bibra Lake, WA. The facility is licensed to accept, treat and transfer controlled and hazardous waste streams. This could be in the form of used chemicals, contaminated fuels, gas cylinders and other hazardous waste.

Fees may apply.

Western Australia

Nationwide Waste Solutions

7/1 Sigma Drive, Croydon South

Nationwide Waste provides collection services to Australian businesses. From scheduled collections to once off bulk collections, across most waste and recycling streams, we make it easy. Once supplier. Once call.

Fees may apply.

National (Metro Only)

Pact Reuse

27 Da Vinci Way, Forrestdale

Pact Reuse, Laverton North provides dedicated collection and recycling services for recovering 'hard to recycle' products that cannot be collected via traditional recycling networks. Our Forrestdale site collects, reconditions and sells 205L plastic and steel drums. We will accept any chemical drum provided that it has it's Dangerous Goods labels still attached and that the residual product inside matches those labels. If it is just a single chemical drum we will accept it with no labels, as long as you can provide us with what material was in it and a MSDS (material Safety Data Sheet) of that material. We are also an approved processer for the drumMuster program and implement the plastic oil container recycling program on behalf of the Australian Institute of Petroleum.

Fees may apply.

Western Australia

Solo Resource Recovery

, Chinderah

At Solo Resource Recovery, we like to get to know the businesses we work with and understand that every business has different needs, which is why we offer various commercial waste removal options to suit your industry. We have extensive resources, but we operate as a family-run business to give you the customer support you require. Our professional team will assess your needs and tailor a commercial waste removal solution to suit your requirements. - Our point of difference from other waste management companies is in our relationship with our clients. We partner cooperatively and flexibly with Councils and Businesses alike to develop and enhance operations, which allows us to produce innovative solutions with great results. Our clients benefit from Solo Resource Recovery’s 80 years of planning and system design expertise within the Australian domestic waste industry. - Solo Industrial Services (Solo IS) deploys a wide range of technology within the Industrial services industry, with hydro vacuum excavation at the core. Also commonly known as non-destructive digging, vacuum excavation is an increasingly popular method of excavating soil. Non-destructive digging, or NDD excavation, can be safely achieved with maximum efficiency without damaging valuable underground infrastructure using our technology and highly trained, industry-experienced operators. Few non-destructive digging companies have these resources available to them.

Fees may apply.

Western Australia

Tidy Up

21 Hammond Rd. (access from gate off Spencer St), Cockburn Central

Tidy Up offers a collection service through our fleet of 8 cubic metre trucks for all sorts of waste materials to be transported to either a resource recyclers, a licensed disposal site, our Cockburn Central holding yard, or our salvage store. We offer an alternative to hiring bins or trailers for your rubbish removal needs.

Fees may apply.

Western Australia

Toxfree

126 Tom Price Rd, Karratha

Toxfree offers a wide range of chemical waste recycling and recycling of all types of lamps and fluroescent tubes. This is a Paintback site. No fee applies. Paintback is a cost-effective solution for households and trade painters to remove unwanted paint and packaging. This program is the first such national program in the world to be developed and voluntary run by the paint industry. More than a million litres of unwanted paint has been diverted from landfill in the first year. # 1300 390 380

Fees may apply.

Western Australia

Wren Oil

157 Harris Rd, Picton

Wren Oil is a Western Australian privately owned company specialising in used oil recycling and re-refining and hydrocarbon waste management disposal

Fees may apply.

Western Australia

Hazardous waste in Western Australia

The Household Hazardous Waste Program has nine metropolitan and six regional permanent facilities in Western Australia where residents can drop off unwanted household chemicals at no charge. 

Accepted items include:

  • Acids
  • Full or partially full areosols
  • Household batteries
  • Household chemicals
  • Gas bottles
  • Engine coolants and glycols
  • Fluorescent tubes and light fittings
  • Paints and solvents
  • Pesticides

For locations and a full list of accepted items, visit the WA Waste Authority's website.

How to dispose of other chemicals and hazardous waste

Asbestos
As asbestos is classed as a hazardous material it may only be disposed of at certain locations in Australia. Find out how to safely dispose of asbestos.

Medicines
Old and unwanted medicines around the home are a household hazard and can be dangerous if consumed when they are expired, not prescribed for you, or within reach of children. To find out how to safely dispose of unwanted medicines.

Farm chemicals
Farm chemicals can be disposed of through the ChemClear Program.
If your business has large quantities of farm chemicals to dispose of, visit Business Recycling to find a suitable service near you.



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