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Have you got any unwanted agvet chemicals? Register before September 2   ...

More than 18,000 litres of obsolete agvet chemicals will be safely collected and disposed of when the ChemClear program returns to Western Australia in June. The team from ChemClear will be on the road from mid-June and will spend about 3 weeks safely collecting and disposing of unused agvet chemicals from more than 100 register...

Agsafe will complete their office move from Canberra City to Barton this week. Mailing address and phone numbers remain the same. The new physical address is Level 1, 40 Macquarie St, Barton ACT. ...

With the booking line for the West Australian collection closing on 22 April 2016, now is the perfect time to register your obsolete agvet chemicals. Over 7,000 litres of obsolete chemical has already been registered by waste holders in the state, including farmers, rural businesses and golf courses. “Registrations for this ye...

ChemClear is heading to Western Australia in June 2016 and is urging chemical users to register their surplus or unwanted agvet chemicals for safe disposal before 22 April 2016. “We encourage WA farmers to seize the opportunity to use our program this year as it will be another two years before we head back across the Nullarbo...

ChemClear has successfully completed its largest collection of unwanted agricultural and veterinary chemicals in Victoria. The ChemClear truck covered 5,127 kilometres over five regional runs in late 2015 and collected product from hundreds of chemical users including farmers, businesses, golf courses, government departments and...

As most Agsafe members will know, earlier this year the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) cancelled the registration of any product containing the chemical Dichlorvos following a suspension and phase out period. The chemical is an organophosphorus insecticide and was mainly used as a fumigant or sp...

What is wrong with this picture? If you look closely, you can see up to 100 empty plastic containers scattered around the dam. There are a number of reasons to worry about this activity, including the following: Looking at the distribution of the drums around the periphery, we can only assume that the drums were dumped in the ...

For the last 12 years, thousands of chemical users have relied on ChemClear to dispose of their unwanted agricultural and veterinary chemicals. Over this time, the program has grown to become the most successful stewardship – or closed loop – waste disposal program operating in Australia. ChemClear collections help neutralis...

The use of any chemical product containing Fenthion ceases after October 2015 following a 12 month phase out period by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA). Fenthion is a broad-spectrum organophosphorus insecticide used to control insect pests in agricultural, commercial and domestic situations an...