Free Chemical CleanOut in July

Chemical CleanOut

It’s time for a Chemical CleanOut! Hawkesbury City Council’s free Chemical CleanOut will be held on Sunday, 31 July 2022 from 9am to 3:30pm at Hawkesbury Showground, Racecourse Road, Clarendon, entry via Gate 1.

This is your chance to make your family home safer by removing old gas bottles, unused chemicals and fuels. You will also be protecting our local environment and waterways by responsibly disposing of your potentially hazardous household chemicals.

Hawkesbury residents have demonstrated in the past they care about their environment. Since 2014 more than 220,000kg of chemical waste has been dropped off by the Hawkesbury community.

You can drop off:

  • household cleaners and solvents
  • handheld batteries
  • fluorescent globes and tubes
  • paint
  • pesticides and herbicides
  • poisons
  • gas bottles
  • smoke detectors, fire extinguishers
  • pool chemicals
  • hobby chemicals
  • acids and alkalis
  • car batteries
  • motor oils
  • fuels and fluids.

Only household quantities of chemicals are accepted (20L or 20kg), except paint. Up to 100L (in 20L containers) of paint is accepted.

/Public Release. View in full here.