Detox Your Home

Toxic household chemicals, such as cleaning products, pool chemicals and pesticides can be safely disposed of for free at Sustainability Victoria's Detox Your Home event's in partnership with local councils. Collected items are recovered for reuse or safely disposed of. This event is FREE.

With community safety in mind, Detox Your Home events are drive-through (no walk-ins) and contactless.

This service is for household chemicals only.

Detox Your Home events accept:

• Acids and alkalis Aerosol cans (empty cans with household recycling)
• Anti-freeze, brake fluid, car body filler, car wax cleaners – ammonia based
• Cooking oil
• Coolant
• Detergents, disinfectants and drain cleaners
• Fertiliser
• Fire extinguishers
• Floor-care products and waxes
• Fuels – petrol, diesel, kerosene, other
• Glues – water-based and solvents
• Herbicides and weed killers
• Insect spray and pesticides
• Nail polish and remover
• Cosmetics
• Oven cleaner
• Thinners, turps and paint stripper
• Pool chemicals
• Rat poison
• Solvents
• Transmission fluid
• Wood preservatives and finishes (oils and varnish)

See the full list of accepted items.

Detox your Home does not accept paint. Paint can be disposed of at any Paintback drop off location: www.paintback.com.au/find-location

If you can’t get to an event, here’s how to store unwanted household chemicals until you can safely dispose of them.

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When

Location

Lord Nelson Park, 26 Dunstan Street, St Arnaud, 3478, View Map