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Disposal of old garden pesticides and weedkillers

Title sort of says it all really - any ideas how to do this in Ealing? I can't find any reference to this sort of stuff being taken in at the Acton recycling centre, or indeed anywhere in Ealing based on what's (not) on the council website.

Tim Porter ● 1974d9 Comments

No can't find anything on the LBE website. It's irritating when they list so many kerbside recyclables when so much of the time we are looking to dispose of things that aren't.https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20017/space_waye_re-use_and_recycling_centre/27/space_waye_reuse_and_recycling_centre_for_residentsand it says here that you can use Space Waye.https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201171/recycling_services/292/re-use_and_recycling_centres_and_sites/1

Philippa Bond ● 1974d

Don't forget to book  - and check out the rest of the restrictions eg ID.

Philippa Bond ● 1974d

If all else fails try here. The City of London collects hazardous waste (including paint) from residents of all but one of the London Boroughs. I disposed of a lot of noxious stuff when I moved house. It's a a bit of a chore in that you have to itemise everything and there is a limit on the number of items they will collect per month.https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/waste-and-recycling/commercial-waste/hazardous-waste-collection

Bruce Hammal ● 1974d

Wish no one sold this stuff.

Vivienne Cox ● 1974d

Aaaaah - so there's a sort-of 'hidden' extra waste site in Feltham thats run by Hounslow but Ealing residents can also use with a drive-up and no booking???!!  Thanks- that's the answer I was looking for !

Tim Porter ● 1973d

Good call Bruce.  I believe that the City of London collection is the service that Ealing suggests.  Only I couldn't see any more info on the Ealing website.https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/waste-and-recycling/commercial-waste/hazardous-waste-collection(It says "commercial" in the heading here but actually then goes to on say about them collecting from residential - and MOST London boroughs.  There is also a huge list of what they won't collect.We are supposed to also be able to use Twyford Abbey Road in Brent.I've also spent some time searching the West London Waste Authority website which is the waste authority of members Hillingdon, Hounslow, Harrow, Richmond upon Thames, Ealing and Brent but I didn't find anything helpful on disposal of pesticides although they do have lots of other useful info.https://westlondonwaste.gov.uk/about-us/Although there are more restrictions than there once were as fellow members there is some reciprocity. 

Philippa Bond ● 1973d

Have disposed of some aspestos pipes through City of London, had to be of certain maximum size and well wrapped.Worth trying.

Chris Dakers ● 1973d

When I used them I was living in Hammersmith & Fulham and there was a link on the council's website though it looks as if you can go direct. I had mostly cans of paint though there  was also stuff like wood preserver etc. The only frustration was that you were limited to a certain number of items so a half-empty 750Ml can of gloss paint was ranked the same as a full 5L container of dry-rot treatment. If you have a lot to get rid of it you need to plan ahead!

Bruce Hammal ● 1973d

@Vivienne  It is disappointing to still see so much of it around being sold now with the briefest of warnings when it is now more than 60 years since Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published considering the changes which followed that.  I hope that we are not now going backwards.  Just look at the time that it took for the tobacco industry to admit that there was a problem and the way that it hid the damaging and inconvenient truth. 

Philippa Bond ● 1973d