FOR over 27 years, Sustainability Victoria’s ‘Detox your Home’ program has provided a free and convenient service for residents to safely dispose of toxic household chemicals. Products such as weed killer, pesticides, cleaning chemicals, cosmetics, and cooking oil are all harmful to the environment and should not be placed in kerbside bins or poured down sinks.
“Pouring household chemicals down the drain or placing them in the bin pollutes our waterways, harms animals and vegetation, contaminates our water supply, and makes rivers unsafe,” says Greater Shepparton City Council’s acting director of infrastructure, Kelli Halden.
The program is now drive-through and contactless, and residents must register online. The next Detox your Home event will take place on May 6, 2023, from 9am to 12pm, at the Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre on Wanganui Road.
Commonly collected chemicals include fuels and flammable liquids, garden chemicals, household cleaners, and car fluids. Expert chemists sort and transport the chemicals to a licensed facility in Melbourne for safe processing and disposal. Register for the event at Sustainability Victoria’s website.
Register for the upcoming Detox your Home municipality event at Sustainability Victoria’s website: www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/detoxyourhome
