Tricky Waste Items

Council provides the Snowy Monaro community with an annual Household Chemical CleanOut day for safe disposal of hazardous problem waste. These events are free services held across NSW on specified dates.

2024 dates to be announced 

You can take household quantities of the following household chemicals and items – up to a maximum of 20 litres or 20 kilograms of a single item.

Sharps are objects that are intended for cutting or penetrating the skin, such as:

• needles
• syringes with needles
• intravenous giving sets
• lancets
• scalpel blades

What can I do with my sharps? 

Many people rely on needles, lancets or syringes to manage medical conditions and to maintain their own health or that of a family member, sharps equipment is also often used for pet and livestock health.

Correct methods of disposal should be followed for health and safety reasons, the correct disposal of this waste type is obviously very important. 

Sharps must never be placed into any kerbside recycling, garbage or food and garden organics (FOGO) bins. Medical sharps containers can be purchased from pharmacies and disposed of at sited listed below for disposal, free of charge.

Sharps are hazardous to both workers and the public if they make their way into landfills or recycling centres.

NSW Health can assist with Community sharps disposal and users find the most convenient location to dispose of their sharps safely.

How should I handle my sharps?

Generators of sharps should ensure they are stored correctly so that there is no risk of injury to anyone who may come into contact with them.

Here are some basic guidelines:

• Sharps should be stored in a puncture-proof Australian Standard sharps container (a yellow sharps container)
• Sharps containers should be stored in a secure location so children cannot access the container
• Do not recap your needles before placing them into the sharps container
• When the sharps waste container is filled to the level indicated by the manufacturer, seal the lid firmly.

Where can I purchase a sharps container?

Medical sharps containers that come in a range of sizes can be purchased from pharmacies or by contacting the local branch of Diabetes Australia.

Regional Sharps Disposal Locations

Bombala Hospital

Wellington Street Bombala

Delegate MultiPurpose Service

15 Craigie Street, Delegate

Cooma Hospital

2A Bent Street, Cooma

Jindabyne Health One building – downstairs carpark

Thredbo Terrace, Jindabyne

Snowy Monaro Regional Council offers drumMUSTER collection.  You can drop off eligible drumMUSTER containers at the following times:

• Adaminaby Transfer Station:  Saturdays 10am - 3pm - 6457 1064 
• Berridale Transfer Station:  Sundays 10am - 3pm - 6457 1064 
• Bombala Landfill: by appointment only - 0439 066 601
• Cooma Landfill: first Friday of the month by appointment only - (02) 6452 1105
• Jindabyne Landfill: first Friday of the month by appointment only - 0428 411 045 or (02) 6457 1064

Please ensure you call to prearrange a drop off time at Bombala, Jindabyne and Cooma facilities.

For more information on Adaminaby and Berridale Transfer Stations drop off arrangements contact Jindabyne Landfill on (02) 6457 1064.

Rinse them out, Round them up, and Run them in   

drumMUSTER is specially designed for the disposal of eligible, cleaned agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemical containers.

drumMUSTER collects eligible non-returnable metal or plastic containers above one litre/kilogram and up to 205 litre/ kilogram in declared content in the packaging of crop production and animal health products used for:

• agricultural and livestock production
• industrial and recreational pest and weed control
• forestry
• household pest control operations
• similar activities conducted by government authorities.

Participating manufacturers are identified by the inclusion of the eligible drumMUSTER container logo on their eligible containers. The logo can be displayed on the chemical label, embossed into the container wall or applied as a sticker to the container. Containers not displaying this logo may be from non-participating manufacturers and will not be accepted into the program.

All containers must be triple rinsed, empty, with lids off, as well as displaying the drumMUSTER container logo (example below).

All containers are inspected at site drop-off and  non-eligible or unclean containers will be rejected.

For more information visit the drumMUSTER website here.