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  • Primary students promote drumMUSTER

    Last updated: 17-02-2022
    Students from Salmon Gums Primary School with their posters. Salmon Gums Primary School P&C in the Esperance Shire of Western Australia recently held a poster competition for the students to help promote drumMUSTER to the local region. The children designed posters and then distributed these around the town in the wi...
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  • Agsafe welcomes Abbey Animal Health Pty Ltd to the drumMUSTER container recycling program.

    Last updated: 15-12-2021
    Agsafe is pleased to advise that Abbey Animal Health Pty Ltd, has joined the drumMUSTER & ChemClear programs from 1 January 2022. Abbey Animal Health Pty Ltd  is an Australian owned and managed Animal Health company. There will be a period before all containers carry the drumMUSTER Eligible Containers lo...
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  • A ChemClear collection is on the way for New South Wales agvet chemical users.

    Last updated: 13-10-2021
    Agsafe’s ChemClear program is holding a collection in New South Wales in March 2022. Agvet chemical users can now register their unwanted or obsolete agvet chemicals for collection. Registrations close on 28 January 2022. All successful registrations are acknowledged by email or post.  A reference number relatin...
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  • Dookie Lions club muster the troops for record drum collection

    Last updated: 25-08-2021
    The Dookie Lions Club drumMUSTER collection saw almost 4,000 drums brought in for recycling On Wednesday 18th August, the Dookie Lions Club held a drumMUSTER collection for the local farming and growing community. It was a big day for the community group run container collection with almost 4,000 agvet containers being broug...
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  • drumMUSTER operations not impacted by new Victorian EPA Regulations

    Last updated: 10-08-2021
    New Victorian EPA regulations came into effect from 1 July 2021. Agsafe has received advice from EPA Victoria that any agricultural chemical containers that are eligible for collection by the drumMUSTER program (cleaned and free of chemical residues & carry the drumMUSTER logo) are not classified as Reportable P...
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  • Bega Valley Council sets up new drumMUSTER collection point in Bermagui

    Last updated: 26-05-2021
    The new drumMUSTER cage at Bermagui Farmers and agricultural and veterinary chemical users now have a local drumMUSTER collection site in Bermagui. With the new cage now in operation, locals can drop off their used eligible chemical drums to the site at the Bermagui Waste and Recycling Depot during weekdays. The new cage ...
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  • QLD ChemClear collection coming in July

    Last updated: 15-04-2021
    Farmers and chemical holders will need to register their agvet chemicals by 13 June Queensland agvet chemicals holders will have an opportunity to safely dispose of their unwanted or obsolete chemicals with a ChemClear collection scheduled for July and August this year. With the recent floods through much of the eastern...
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  • Community groups collect 5 millionth container through the drumMUSTER program.

    Last updated: 27-03-2021
    drumMUSTER has helped Clare State School purchase laptops, iPads and 3D printers. Australia’s longest running agricultural waste management program recently celebrated a significant milestone.  The 5 millionth agvet chemical container was collected for recycling by community groups through their local collectio...
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  • Agsafe committed to helping farmers clean-up after natural disaster

    Last updated: 25-03-2021
    With the recent floods across New South Wales and Queensland, many farmers that store agvet chemicals will have been impacted. During flooding chemical containers can be damaged and become unidentifiable. CropLife Australia’s agricultural stewardship subsidiary, Agsafe, provides a service to safely collect and dispose of ...
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  • Agsafe welcomes Spraytec and CropSure to the drumMUSTER container recycling program.

    Last updated: 27-01-2021
    Agsafe would like to welcome the participation of Spraytec® and CropSure to the drumMUSTER agricultural and veterinary (AgVet) container recycling program. By participating in our product stewardship program, Spraytec® and CropSure have demonstrated their commitment to the environment as well as sustainable farming pr...
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