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Preparations for the 2015 Queensland ChemClear collection are underway, with Program Manager Lisa Nixon forecasting a big year for the program. Lisa said, “we have had a lot of interest already from primary producers and other agvet chemical users that have registered their surplus stocks over the last 12 months.   We are ex...

Agsafe and its programs are working with NSW WorkCover to spread awareness of the effects of chemical exposure to farmers and the rural community. There are a variety of chemicals that have been identified as being hazardous to health, not only from direct use but from secondary exposure. One of the more volatile chemicals is t...

ChemClear’s NSW state collection run is now complete. A total of 27.5 tonnes of unwanted agvet chemicals was collected for appropriate disposal from over 150 chemical users, including 110 farmers participating in the program. The retrieval vehicle visited 69 local government sites over a 5 week schedule and travelled in excess...

The ChemClear program collects unwanted agricultural and veterinary chemicals at the end of their life cycle for appropriate disposal. ChemClear has scheduled a collection for Queensland which is being planned for May and June 2015. Changes to the use of certain chemicals have been introduced across the Cotton industry over the ...

ChemClear has collected one of its biggest hauls of unwanted and out-of-date agvet chemicals from farmers and chemical users during this year’s recent collection in South Australia. Registrations for the collection reached more than 26,000 L/kg of agvet chemicals before the booking line closed in late March. The registration t...

Farmer and chemical users across the state will be given a much needed hand in getting rid of their unwanted agvet chemicals as ChemClear plans its next collection for the state. The program is calling on all waste holders in NSW to register their unwanted chemicals for the collection. So far, 14,407 L/kg of obsolete product has...

ChemClear has collected one of its biggest hauls of unwanted and out-of-date agvet chemicals from farmers and chemical users during this year’s recent collection in South Australia. Registrations for the collection reached more than 26,000 L/kg of agvet chemicals before the booking line closed in late March. The registration t...

ChemClear is calling on all waste holders in NSW to register their unwanted chemicals for the next collection. So far, 20 tonnes of obsolete products have been registered for the upcoming collection and ChemClear is expecting this figure to rise even further. “The program helps agvet chemical users to make good purchasing, sto...

Chemical users across Tasmania registered more than 2700L/kg of obsolete agvet chemical for safe disposal through ChemClear’s. The ChemClear truck received a total of 2789L/kg of agricultural and veterinary chemical waste from farmers and other chemical users. Under the ChemClear program, chemical manufacturers participating i...

The ChemClear collection truck has begun its long journey to South Australia to collect unwanted and out-of-date agvet chemicals. The program called on all South Australian agvet chemical users to register their chemicals for collection and disposal in a successful call to action earlier this year. This year’s collection is Ch...