It's time to clean out your rural and household chemical clutter the right way!!!

Northern Inland Regional Waste (NIRW) is working with the Department of Environment & Climate Change and your local Council to provide drop off centres for old and left over chemcials from around the home and farm.

This is your chance to dispose of things like:-

AND THE FIRST 20kg are free!!!

Only rural & household quantities will be accepted.

Please contact your local Council to book in quantities over 50kg.

2008 Collection Centres & Dates

Town	Date	Centre
Armidale	Friday 8 & Saturday 9 August	Waste Transfer Station, Long Swamp Road
Glen Innes	Tueday 12 August	Council Works Depot, Lang Street
Gunnedah	Monday 28 July	Council Works Depot, Bennetts Road
Inverell	Monday 30 July	Waste Depot, Burtenshaws Road
Manilla	Saturday 20 July (8.30am - 12.30pm)	Manilla Landfill, Fossickers Way
Moree	Saturday 26 July	Yarraman Landfill, Carnavon Highway
Narrabri	Sunday 27 July	Narrabri Waste Management Facility
Quirindi	Saturday 2 August	Quirindi Waste Depot
Tamworth	Friday 18 & Saturday 19 July	Tamworth Regional Council Landfill, Forest Road
Tenterfield	Sunday 10 August	Tenterfield Transfer Station, Molesworth Street/ Sunny Side Loop Road
Uralla	Tuesday 5 August	Shire Works Depot, Depot Road
Walcha	Monday 4 August	Council Works Depot, North Street
Warialda	Monday 21 July	Shire Works Depot, JA McGregor Drive

Contact your local Council for more information.

The Annual NIRW Chemical Collection Campaign has been in operation for a number of years and has been gauged an immense success in minimizing environmental and health risks for the region. This program is conducted in July/August of each year.

The program is conducted for unwanted farm and household chemicals. This is an annual campaign and there are various collection sites within the NIRW Member Council region. 

The program is aimed at reducing the risk of accidental poisoning and the inappropriate disposal of chemicals within the environment.

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2007 Collection Results

In 2007 this campaign collected a total 20,050 kg of rural and household hazardous waste which was diverted from landfills and the environment.

Town	Date	Result
Armidale	Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 August	8,676 kg
Barraba	Sunday 22 July	310.5 kg
Glen Innes	Tuesday 14 August	1,722 kg
Gunnedah	Monday 30 July	802.5 kg
Guyra	Monday 13 August	727.5 kg
Inverell	Thursday 16 August	953.5 kg
Moree	Saturday 28 July	945 kg
Narrabri	Sunday 29 July	1,906 kg
Quirindi	Saturday 4 August	802 kg
Tamworth	Saturday 21 July	2,743 kg
Tenterfield	Wednesday 15 August	220 kg
Uralla	Tuesday 7 August	162 kg
Walcha	Monday 6 August	40 kg
Warialda	Tuesday 24 July	40 kg