Hazardous & Electronic Waste

Household hazardous waste is a group of products used in and around the home that if not used or disposed of properly cause serious harm to both personal health and the environment.

Due to their dangerous properties these materials are not suitable for disposal in the wheelie bin or verge bulk collections.

Wellington Regional Group provides free disposal services for the recycling or destruction of household hazardous waste at various drop off locations.

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Find your closest drop off location:

Materials covered under Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Program:

GROUP A:    
Garden chemicals, pesticides and poisons. For example ant bait, tomato dust/spray, fruit
fly spray, fungicides such as Bordeaux.
GROUP B: Flammable liquids and ethylene glycols – for example paint, petrol, kerosene, thinners,
turpentine, methylated spirits, brake fluid, auto transmission fluid, radiator inhibitor and
radiator antifreeze.
GROUP C: Corrosive 8 (acids & alkalis) and flammable solids – for example car batteries, rust
converter, hydrochloric acid, caustic soda, battery acid, signal flares, phosphorus.
GROUP D: Dangerous goods and sanitisers (oxidising agent 5.1 & & organic peroxide 5.2) – for
example ammonium nitrate, bleach, pool chlorine.
GROUP E: Miscellaneous – for example floor and carpet cleaners, cement additives, silver cleaner,
smoke alarms, flurescent tubes, gas bottles, dry cell batteries and
GROUP F:

Unknowns, unlabelled material, unidentifiable by simple tests.