Hazardous waste and chemicals
Unwanted, toxic household chemicals can harm your family and your pets, add fuel to a house fire and release toxic fumes.
They can pollute the environment now and into the future so it's important to dispose of them correctly. Do not put these chemicals in your bins at home so we can keep them out of recycling facilities and landfill.
Disposal Options
Free Disposal Options
- Agvet / drum muster containers
- Batteries
- Cooking oil and motor oil
- E-waste
- Fluorescent light globes
- LPG bottles up to 9kgs
- Paint and paint tins (no spray paint)
- Vapes (residential quantities only)
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- Acids and alkalis, including spirit of salt, bleach, rust remover, and hydrochloric acid
- Aerosol cans (empty cans can be put in your recycling bin)
- Brake fluid, coolant, machine oil and lubricant, Transmission fluid
- Butane gas canisters
- Fertiliser
- Fuel including petrol, diesel and kerosene and old lawn mower/power tools fuel
- Hand sanitiser
- Insect sprays and pesticides
- Oven cleaner
- Nail polish remover
- Non-halon (red) fire extinguishers
- Photographic chemicals
- Pool chemicals, including liquid pool chlorine and pool salt
- Rat poison
- Turpentine, thinners and paint strippers
- Weed killers/herbicide
- Wood preservatives and finishes
Paid Disposal Options
- Aerosols and gas bottles
- Acids and alkalis
- Batteries
- Cyanides
- Drugs and pharmaceuticals
- Drums and containers
- Household chemicals
- Industrial chemicals
- Laboratory chemicals
- Medical and cytotoxic wastes
- Solvents
- Oil and oil filters
- Paints
- Pesticides and herbicides and garden chemicals
- Photographic chemicals
- Surplus and redundant chemicals
- Unlabelled and unknown chemicals
- BBQ gas bottles & LPG cylinders
- CO2 canisters and Cylinders
- Fire extinguishers
- Industrial and specialised gas
- Nitrous oxide canisters and cream charger collection
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Paint waste
Nitrous Oxide Canisters
Did you know that Nitrous Oxide Canisters cannot be disposed of in your household bins, or at the Melton Recycling Facility?
Many community members who contact Council when they find these on the street are disappointed to learn that the only option to dispose of them is through a paid service.
So what should you do if you find one?
To ensure our streets are kept clear of these canisters, community members can report them as dumped rubbish through the Litter and Dumped Rubbish webpage and our team will safely collect them, usually within 2 business days