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MEDIA RELEASE: Imtrade Australia rejoins the drumMUSTER Program
Last updated: 10-09-2019Agsafe is pleased to advise that Imtrade Australia, has decided to rejoin the drumMUSTER & ChemClear programs effective immediately. As such Imtrade containers are eligible and can be accepted at all drumMUSTER collection sites effective immediately. Please notify all your Council’s drumMUSTER Inspectors that Imtra...More >> -
drumMUSTER reaches 34 million recycled containers
Last updated: 09-08-2019Australia’s longest running agricultural waste management program has today reached another milestone, with the collection of its 34-millionth chemical container. This equates to over 38,000 tonnes of waste that would otherwise have been sent to landfill or have been burnt or buried on farms. Agsafe’s drumMUSTER program,...More >> -
drumMUSTER recognises outstanding contributions to the program at Agsafe Awards
Last updated: 31-07-2019At the recent Agsafe Stewardship Conference and Awards in Brisbane, the drumMUSTER program came together from all parts of the country to recognise outstanding contributions to agricultural stewardship. Awards presented for the program were for the Community Group of the Year, Council Collection Facility of the Year, and the...More >> -
DrumMUSTER celebrates 20 years of clean, green farms
Last updated: 30-05-2019drumMUSTER is the national program for the collection and recycling of empty, cleaned, non-returnable crop protection and on-farm animal health chemical containers; known as AgVet products. drumMUSTER’s belief is that the responsible use of AgVet chemicals, and waste management initiatives mean a cleaner environment...More >> -
EPA fines basil farmer $2500 for misuse of pesticides
Last updated: 19-05-2019The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is reminding horticultural growers to use and store pesticides correctly and ensure pesticide qualifications are valid after issuing fines totaling $2500 to a basil grower for unlawfully using pesticides on produce, operating without the correct qualifications, not storing pest...More >> -
Seawin Biotech joins drumMUSTER program
Last updated: 08-05-2019Welcome to the drumMUSTER & ChemClear family Seawin Biotech. We’re thrilled to have you on board! Seawin’s biologically enhanced fertilisers provide outstanding nourishment and stimulants for your plants and improves the health and performance of the soil. Seawin’s biologically enhanced fertil...More >> -
Bundaberg farmers proving their environmental credentials through the drumMUSTER program.
Last updated: 30-04-2019Over 700,000 containers have been recycled through the drumMUSTER program in the Bundaberg region since 1999. Since November 1999 farmers and agvet chemical users in the Bundaberg region have utilised the drumMUSTER container recycling program to recycle over 700,000 ag and vet chemical containers. This equates to over 740 t...More >> -
New collection location at Windsor Rural
Last updated: 11-04-2019Evan Wheatley and Eliza Gorton completed their drumMUSTER & ChemClear inspector training at Windsor Rural. Congratulations to Evan Wheatley and Eliza Gorton for completing their drumMUSTER & ChemClear inspector training at East Coast Rural, Windsor on 29 March. Windsor Rural accepts clean ...More >> -
The drumMUSTER levy will increase to six cents per litre/kilogram on eligible agvet containers from 1 July 2019
Last updated: 01-04-2019Retailers need to ensure their accounting and invoicing systems incorporate this increase before 1 July 2019. On 19 December 2018 the ACCC reauthorised the imposition of the drumMUSTER levy on eligible agvet chemical containers until 10 January 2024. The authorisation also allowed an increase in the levy to six cents ...More >> -
drumMUSTER celebrates 10 million milestone in New South Wales
Last updated: 29-03-2019New South Wales landholders continue to prove their worth as environmental champions, with the collection of NSW’s 10 millionth AgVet chemical container by Agsafe’s drumMUSTER program in March 2019. The end-of-life waste management program has already saved councils an impressive $32 million in landfill costs, by diverting ...More >>