• Paint & paint related products
• Pesticides, herbicides & poisons
• Solvents & household cleaners
• Motor fuels & fluids
• Fire extinguishers
• Pool chemicals
• Acids & alkalis
• Hobby chemicals
• Smoke alarms
• Fluoro Tubes

AND THE FIRST 20kg are free!!!

Only rural & household quantities will be accepted.

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

2010 Collection Centres & Dates

Collections will be held throughout July & August.

Town	Date	Centre
Armidale	6 & 7 August	Waste Transfer Station, Long Swamp Road
Glen Innes	10 August	Council Works Depot, Lang Street
Gunnedah	26 July	Council Works Depot, Bennetts Road
Inverell	9 August	Waste Depot, Burtenshaws Road
Manilla	18July (half day)	Manilla Landfill, Fossickers Way
Moree	24 July	Moree Waste Management Facility, Newell Highway
Narrabri	25 July	Narrabri Waste Management Facility
Quirindi	31 July	Quirindi Waste Depot
Tamworth	17 July	Tamworth Regional Council Landfill, Forest Road
Tenterfield	11 August	Tenterfield Transfer Station, Molesworth Street/ Sunny Side Loop Road
Uralla	1 August	Uralla Landfill, Tip Road (off Rowan Avenue)
Walcha	2 August	Council Works Depot, North Street
Warialda	19 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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2009 Collection Results

In 2009 this campaign collected a total 17,502 kg of rural and household hazardous waste which was diverted from landfills and the environment.

Town	Date	Result
Armidale	7 & 8 August	6,568 kg
Glen Innes	11 August	604 kg
Gunnedah	27 July	3140 kg
Guyra	2 August	743 kg
Inverell	9 August	897 kg
Manilla	19 July	kg
Moree	25 July	1695 kg
Narrabri	26 July	174 kg
Quirindi	1 August	503 kg
Tamworth	18 & 19 July	2,519 kg
Tenterfield	12 August	209 kg
Uralla	4 August	88 kg
Walcha	3 August	125 kg
Warialda	20 July	12 kg