Chemicals and empty containers

Chemicals

ChemClear is Australia's only Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Program operating for agvet chemicals and is an initiative of the Industry Waste Reduction Scheme (IWRS).

Eligible chemicals

Chemicals eligible for collection for free under the program will display the drumMuster / ChemClear eligible logo on the chemical container. Unknown, unlabelled and non-participating manufacturers' products fall into ChemClear's group two classification. For further information, please click here.

Empty chemical containers

Containers must:

  • carry the drumMuster logo
  • be clean, dry and free of chemical residue (rust and dye stains are acceptable)
  • have lids removed and
  • metal drums should be pierced from top through bottom.

Burning chemical containers or burying them uncleaned on farm or in council landfills is illegal and incurs substantial criminal penalties.

How do ChemClear and drumMuster differ?

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