Aerosol cans
Most aerosol packaging and cans (fly spray, deodorant, cooking oil) can be recycled in household recycling bins when empty. Gas burner aerosols used for camping stoves and barbeques (including butane gas cartridges and cans) are hazardous and cannot go in any household bins. These must be dropped off at the Resource Management Centres for safe disposal.
Disposal options
- Aerosol cans from fly sprays, deodorants, hair sprays and cooking oils can go in your recycling bin
- Drop off hazardous aerosols (containing butane, propane) at the hazardous waste collection point at:
- Refer to the hazardous waste webpage for limits
- For commercial quantities of butane aerosols find a business that specialise in hazardous waste disposal such as:
Why?
Gas burner aerosols contain environmentally harmful chemicals and accelerants that pose a safety and fire risk when compressed in trucks or processed through sorting and baling machinery. When they are disposed as hazardous waste, the chemicals can be safely managed, and the steel can be recycled.