Detox Your Home initiative
Toxic items should never go in your bins or down the drain. Instead, use the Victorian Government's free chemical drop-off service.
Do you need to safely dispose of unwanted, highly toxic household chemicals? Household chemicals can be dangerous – they can harm your family and your pets, add extra fuel to a house fire, release toxic fumes and pollute the environment for future generations.
Detox your Home is a free and convenient service for householders to safely dispose of unwanted toxic chemicals.
Detox your Home events are staffed by expert chemists who understand how to safely manage toxic household chemicals. Chemicals are safely stored during the event then transported to a licensed processing facility at the end of each event.
Events are held across Victoria to provide you with a local and accessible option to dispose of your household chemicals. The program is administered by Sustainability Victoria in partnership with local councils and is funded by the Victorian landfill levy.
Visit the Detox your Home website for a complete list of upcoming events and accepted products.
Detox your Home. Do the right thing for your loved ones and your environment. It’s easy and it’s free.
Upcoming collections
There are nearby Detox Your Home chemical drop-off services each year.
Find the next Detox Your Home drop off
To get more information, visit Sustainability Victoria's website or call 1300 363 744.
In 2020, nearly 3,800kg of unwanted hazardous chemicals were collected!
What do Detox Your Home accept?
You can take any of these products to a Detox Your Home drop-off point:
- acids and alkalis
- ammonia-based cleaners
- anti-freeze
- aerosol cans (put empty cans in your household recycling bin)
- brake fluid
- car body filler
- car wax
- coolant
- detergents
- disinfectants
- fertiliser
- fire extinguishers
- floor-care products and waxes
- fuel (petrol, diesel, kerosene)
- glue (water-based and solvents)
- herbicides
- insect spray and pesticides
- make up (cosmetics)
- nail polish and remover
- oven cleaner
- paint stripper, thinner and turps (we don't accept paint)
- pharmaceuticals (medicines can be disposed of safely at your local pharmacy through the Returned unused medicines project)
- photographic chemicals
- pool chemicals
- rat poison
- solvents
- transmission fluid
- weed killers
What don't Detox Your Home accept?
Detox Your Home don't accept paint. You can leave unwanted paint at the Darebin Resource Recovery Centre for free all year round.
For a full list of what Detox Your Home don't accept, visit Sustainability Victoria's Detox Your Home website.
Permanent drop-off sites for paint and other products
Detox your Home is a free service designed specifically to collect unwanted, highly toxic household chemicals.
Household paint, batteries, and fluorescent lights – which are less toxic than household chemicals (but also a more common waste item) can be disposed of throughout the year at a permanent drop-off site.
There is a nearby permanent drop-off site at:
Darebin Resource Recovery Centre
30 Kurnai Avenue
Reservoir
Phone: 03 8470 8777
For more information and a full list of permanent drop-off sites visit Sustainability Victoria's website.