Detox Your Home - Household Chemical Collection

Sustainability Victoria logo.PNG Sustainability Victoria, in partnership with local government, host chemical collection events across Victoria for households to safely dispose of chemicals.

You can attend as many events as you like, at any location. You must register for these collections online.

If you can't get to an event, it is important to safely store your old or unwanted household chemicals at home until you can dispose of them correctly. Find out how to safely store your chemicals.   

Upcoming collection events

Detox Your Home - Clifton Hill

  • Date: Saturday 1 March 2025
  • Time: 8am to 3pm
  • Venue: Yarra Recycling Centre
    168 Roseneath Street, Clifton Hill, VIC 3068

Detox Your Home - Frankston

  • Date: Saturday 15 March 2025
  • Time: 10am to 3pm
  • Venue: Frankston Regional Recycling & Recovery Centre
    20 Harold Road, Skye, VIC 3977

Detox Your Home - Doncaster

  • Date: Saturday 29 March 2025
  • Time: 8am to 1pm
  • Venue: Manningham City Council Depot
    620-628 Blackburn Road, Doncaster East, VIC 3109

Detox Your Home - Lilydale

  • Date: Saturday 5 April 2025
  • Time: 8am to 1pm
  • Venue: Yarra Ranges Council Lilydale Operations Centre
    103-105 Nelson Road, Lilydale, VIC 3140

Detox Your Home - Notting Hill

  • Date: Saturday 12 April 2025
  • Time: 8am to 3pm
  • Venue: Monash Waste Transfer Station
    380 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill, VIC 3168

Detox Your Home - Knox

  • Date: Sunday 18 May 2025
  • Time: 8am to 3pm
  • Venue: Knox Council Operations Centre
    14 Henderson Road, Knoxfield, VIC 3180

Register for these events and view other upcoming collection points on the Detox your Home website.

What items are accepted?

Items accepted at Detox Your Home events

For safety reasons we cannot accept individual containers of more than 20 litres or 20 kg. Please bring items in original packaging or a disposable container that will not be returned to you.

Cleaning

  • Acids and alkalis, including spirit of salt, bleach, vinegar and rust remover, hydrochloric acid
  • Cleaners (ammonia based), drain, shower and glass cleaners
  • Detergents
  • Disinfectants
  • Floor-care products and waxes
  • Oven cleaner 

Garden and pool

  • Fertiliser
  • Fuel (old lawn mower/power tools fuel)
  • Herbicides
  • Weed killers/Herbicides
  • Insect spray and pesticides
  • Pool chemicals, including liquid pool chlorine and pool salts

Garage

  • Anti-freeze
  • Brake fluid
  • Car body filler
  • Car care products and wax
  • Coolant
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Fuels, including petrol, diesel and kerosene
  • Glues, including water-based and solvents
  • Machine oil and lubricant
  • Rat poison
  • Transmission fluid
  • Turps, thinners and paint strippers
  • Wood preservatives and finishes

Hobby materials

  • Glues, including water-based and solvents
  • Photographic chemicals
  • Wood preservatives and finishes

Kitchen and camping

Items not accepted

Local drop-off sites for paint and other products

The following items can be disposed of throughout the year at permanent Victorian drop-off sites:

  • paint 
  • household batteries 
  • engine oil
  • fluorescent tubes
  • compact fluorescent lamps.

Drop off locations

Please check current opening hours and conditions of entry with the individual facility.

For more information on accepted items, visit the Detox your Home website.

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