Detox Your Home

Throwing hazardous household items in your rubbish bin is dangerous. They may explode, catch fire, leak or mix with other chemicals, either in your bin or in the collection truck or sorting facility. Detox Your Home is a convenient and responsible way to dispose of hazardous chemicals that don’t go in kerbside bins or down household drains.

Please note: This event is currently sold out. If any attendees cancel, these tickets may become available. Please check the Eventbrite page for any reopened spots.

What you can bring:

Common items accepted include:

• Fuels and flammable liquids: Petrol, kerosene, diesel, turpentine, methylated spirits, paint thinners

• Garden chemicals: Fertilisers, weed killers, insect sprays, pesticides, pool chemicals

• Household items: Bleach, ammonia, oven cleaner, rust remover, cleaning products

• Automotive: Brake fluid, wax, transmission fluid, body filler

• Other items: Aerosol cans (including those with paint) and camping butane cannisters.

New items added

In addition to household chemicals, you can now also drop off:

• Soft Plastics (clean and dry): Includes bubble wrap, grocery and reusable shopping bags, plastic film food packaging, frozen food bags, cereal bags, zip-lock bags, bread bags, and AusPost satchels.
• Polystyrene: Includes white appliance packaging (e.g. from TVs, fridges), clean fruit and veg boxes (with no stickers or residue), and bean bag beans. Must be free from food, labels, concrete, and tape.
• End-of-Life Textiles: These are items that are too damaged, stained, or worn-out to be donated. It includes items like ripped clothing, threadbare linen, single socks, or broken shoes. All textiles must be dry and free of heavy contamination.

Important: Only household quantities will be accepted. No commercial loads, please.

Questions? For clarification on what is and isn’t accepted, please email us at environment@brimbank.vic.gov.au.

Find the full list on the Sustainability Victoria accepted items page.

Items no longer accepted:

• Paint (take to Brimbanks Resource Recovery Centre)

• Fire extinguishers

• Cooking oil and cosmetics

• Empty aerosol cans. Put these in your recycling bin

• Motor oil (take to council waste sites)

• Thermometers/thermostats containing mercury (unless the mercury is sealed in a container).

How it works

Detox Your Home events are staffed by expert chemists who safely identify, sort, and transport collected materials to licensed facilities for processing and disposal.

This event is currently sold out.