Chemical Collection
Information Sheet
Nedlands residents can organise for the collection of chemicals from your home for
safe disposal. To organise a chemical collection, contact the City’s Health Services
on 9273-3500.
Please call to arrange pickup. Do not bring chemicals to the Council Offices or
Depot.
Domestic quantities only.
CHEMICALS THAT WILL BE COLLECTED
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Household products marked as poisons.
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Pesticides and organic chemicals such as insecticides, herbicides, miticides,
fungicides and fumigants.
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Solvents including brake fluid, thinners, mineral turpentine, white spirit,
creosote, degreasers, antifreeze, dry cleaning fluids, engine coolants, radiator
inhibitors.
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Photography chemicals such as fixers, bleachers, neutralisers and developers.
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Acids such as hydrochloric, sulphuric, nitric, hydrofluoric, phosphoric, oxalic,
acetic, pH decreasers (pool acids) and cyanuric acid (pool stabiliser).
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Alkalis such as caustic soda, sodium hydroxide, drain cleaner, lime, oven
cleaner, sodium bicarbonate, soda ash, caustic cleaners and pH increasers
(pool alkalis).
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Oxidisers such as calcium hypochlorite, sodium hypochlorite, swimming pool
chlorine and sanitisers, bleach and bleach based cleaners, ferric chloride,
sodioum metabisulphite, hydrogen peroxide, other peroxides and bromine.
You will need to:
1.
Keep the chemical in the original container with the label intact.
2.
Make sure containers are not leaking.
3.
Each container is to be individually wrapped and sealed in clear plastic bag so
that the label can be easily seen without removing the bag.
4.
Contact Council's Health Services to have these chemicals collected.
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City of Nedlands
Chemical Collection
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOT BE COLLECTED
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paint
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gas cylinders
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radioactive materials
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commercial qualities of waste
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motor oil
Below is the appropriate way to dispose of the following:Disposal of Paint
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Paint quantities greater than 1 litre and in their original container can be
disposed of by delivery to the City of Stirling, Waste Transfer Station,
Balcatta Road Balcatta. These paints are reused and onsold to consumers.
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Smaller quantities of paint can be disposed of using the following method.
Remove the lid and allow the remaining contents to dry out, or pour the
contents into a flat shallow tray. Paint hardener products are also available
from hardware stores. Once the paint is dry, place the tin and paint into the
rubbish bin.
Disposal of Gas Cylinders
Unserviceable gas cylinders (over 10 years old) may be returned to Kleenheat Gas.
For information on the nearest drop off location, contact Kleenheat Gas on 13 21 80.
The nearest businesses that provide gas cyclinder exchange is:
Bunnings Claremont – 13 Leura Avenue, Claremont (telephone: 9383-0900)
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BP Rose Garden – 129 Stirling Highway, Nedlands (telephone: 9386-1014)
Disposal of Radioactive Materials
For waste including radioactive materials (i.e. old smoke alarms and exit signs),
contact the Radiation Health Branch of the Department of Health on (08) 9346-2260
or visit http://www.public.health.wa.gov.au/3/678/2/radioactive_substances.pm#2.
Disposal of Commercial Quantities of Waste
For waste generated in the course of business contact the Department of
Environmental Protection, Waste Management Division, for further advice on the
possibility of recycling your waste via the "Waste Line" on (08) 9222 7000.
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