Household Chemical Waste Dates Announced
The Southern Downs Regional Council has announced the dates for free drop off days for Household Chemicals, Warwick on 12th April, 9am-3pm, and Stanthorpe on 3rd May, 9am-3pm (yes, that’s election day).
The provision of these days has been a long-term goal of GBSAN, spearheaded by the Waste and Resource Recovery Group.
Household hazardous chemicals such as chlorine and bleach are highly flammable, corrosive or explosive and should never be thrown into just any bin.
Clean out your shed, kitchen or laundry and bring your chemicals to these drop-off days where they will be disposed of in a safe and compliant manner by Council's waste partner, Cleanaway.
WHAT CAN I BRING?
You can bring household quantities (up to 20L or 20kg of a single item) of:
Solvents and household cleaners
Ammonia-based cleaners
Pesticides and herbicides
Poisons
Pool and hobby chemicals
Motor fuels
Paint and paint-related products
Acids and alkalis
Cooking oils
WHAT CAN'T I BRING?
Chemicals in unlabelled or damaged containers
Flares
Farming-related and commercial quantities of chemicals (note: these can be disposed of with the ChemClear program)
These days are a trial for Council to judge whether a regular collection of household chemicals is needed, so please make use of this free service if you have any poisons to dispose of.
Bottle Cap recycling at the Whistlestop Community Gardens
Plastic bottle caps are often on the list of the most common items found in wild places and every effort we can make to keep them out of our environment is worthwhile. Unfortunately, the advice for citizens in the Southern Downs has been to take the lids off bottles and put them in the landfill bin, but there are many people in our community who have been hoarding caps in the hope that a solution can be found. We think we might have found one!
Plastic bottle caps can now be recycled at the Whistlestop Community Gardens at the Good Shed, just over the railway tracks in the Railway Precinct on Davadi St. This is a joint initiative of Keeping Stanthorpe Sustainable, a project that Elaine Neilsen set up, the Whistlestop Community Gardens and GBSAN’s Waste and Resource Recovery Group. Two new bins have been added to the suite of collection bins already in place. We are collecting #2 and #4 lids as a trial. GBSAN’s Waste and Resource Recovery team have tracked down a couple of businesses in Brisbane that will accept these lids, and we will be collecting valuable data about the trial. Have a look at our guide.
Don’t forget that you can also drop off:
Dental products such as toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes
Hair Care products in plastic bottles
Coffee pods
Cling Wrap (clean and dry, please) and zip lock bags
Please support this grassroots initiative. Whistlestop Gardens are open Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings 8am-12pm.