Brimbank residents who need to safely dispose of hazardous household chemicals from their sheds, cupboards, and under kitchen sinks can drop them off at the free Brimbank Detox your Home event.
Sustainability Victoria’s Detox your Home events are a free and convenient disposal service for residents — helping to keep local families, waterways, animals and the environment safe.
Common products such as weedkiller, pesticides, bleach, brake fluid and rat poison are all harmful to the environment and should not be placed in kerbside bins or poured down sinks, according to council.
Instead, residents should dispose of them at the event.
Common chemicals collected at Detox your Home events cover cleaning formulas, including bleach, rust remover, hydrochloric acid, and oven cleaners.
Gardening items such as fertiliser, fuel (old lawn mower/power tools fuel), weed killers/herbicides, insect sprays and pesticides are also accepted.
Fire extinguishers, cosmetics, empty aerosols and oils, including cooking oil are no longer collected.
These events are staffed by chemists who identify and sort the chemicals for safe transport back to a licensed facility in Melbourne where they are processed for reuse or safe disposal.
The Brimbank event will get underway on June 14, from 9 am onwards.
Details: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/detox-your-home-keilor-park-registration-1278913688269
