Do you have any old or unwanted household chemicals living around your home? Not know what to how to safely depose of them? The answer is really simple … Cleanout
Cleanout is a FREE service organised by the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change for the safe disposal of a range of common household chemicals, many of which could cause harm if not disposed of correctly.
Here’s your chance to get rid of
- paint and paint-related products
- pesticides an herbicides
- poisons
- solvents and household cleaners
- motor oils, fuels and fluid batteries
- gas bottles
- fire extinguishers
- pool chemicals
- accids and alkalis
- hobby checmicals
- flourescent tubes
Cleanout drop-off centres operate at various locations at specified dates throughout the year. Have a look at their website and check out the events calendar and brochures and locate a collection that is convenient to you.
I think that this is a great service to help people safely get rid of unwanted chemicals in a safe manner. In addition, many of these materials can be recycled or reused, so not is the program helping to reduce waste and pollution, it also helps in resource recovery efforts.
Photo by Crystal de Passillé-Chabot on Unsplash
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It's amazing how, especially with all this talk of "Going Green", so few people are even willing to examine the role they play with the toxic chemicals they use throughout their homes. Even when given a chance to change, many choose not to. Even if it doesn't cost them a dime more to "switch stores".The funny thing is, you hear about things like saving the environment with things like turning off your lights, or driving less, basically things that save energy or reducing Carbon, when it's not yet known EXACTLY what the detrimental effects of Carbon would be both to the Environment and your health.Yet when it comes to the Toxic chemicals we're using every day, like Bleach, Ammonia, Phosphates and Formaldehyde, we ALREADY know that they ARE in fact Toxic Chemicals. We already know their detrimental effects on the water supply, and yet most people are unwilling to switch.http://digg.com/d31MrWg
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