Cleaning product disposal

Label clearly and store cleaning products at home until Council's annual chemical clean out, where you can drop them off for free.

Cleaners that contain solvents can become a hazard to the environment. This can include some spot removers, floor and car waxes, furniture polishes, and degreasers.

Your cleaners contain solvents if any of these warnings are on the product labels:

• flammable
• combustible
• contains petroleum distillates or aromatic hydrocarbons or hydrocarbons.

Cleaners that contain solvents should never be disposed of down a drain, in the garbage bin or down the toilet.

If you don't want to wait for the annual chemical clean out, the best way to get rid of cleaners containing solvents is to use them up or give them to someone else to use. Friends, relatives and community organisations may have a use for your leftover cleaners.