Household Paint & Chemical Drop-Off Days
Council has a free disposal service for chemicals, paints and pesticides.
Residents will be entitled to bring up to 10 litres of each of the following chemical types:
- Water based paints
- Solvent based paints
- Pesticides
- Arsenic based materials
- Cyanide
- Photographic solutions
- Pharmaceuticals
- Acids
- Alkalis
- Solvents
- Pool chlorine
Materials that do not fall into the above categories will not be accepted.
Materials such as fluorescent tubes, motor oil, cooking oil, vehicle batteries, domestic smoke detectors, rechargeable batteries, mobile phones and accessories, sharps (used syringes - residents only) and tyres are accepted at the landfill 365 days per year. There is no charge for disposal of these materials with the exception of motor oil ($0.30 per litre for every litre in excess of 20 litres) and tyres (ranging from $6.00 for car tyres).
Paint, which has been allowed to harden, is accepted 365 days per year and is also the subject of standard disposal fees.
Free drop-off dates
- Greenbank and Beenleigh Transfer Stations - 8 am - 4 pm on Saturday 4 May 2013
- Browns Plains Landfill - 8am - 4pm on Saturday 2 November 2013
- Carbrook and Logan Village Transfer Stations - 8am - 4pm on Saturday 1 February 2014
- Greenbank and Beenleigh Transfer Stations - 8am - 4pm on Saturday 3 May 2014
