Since the program began in 1999 drumMUSTER has:
- Held 73,363 collections nationwide
- Resulting in the collection of 39,258,647 chemical containers
- Equating to 43,363 tonnes of material diverted from landfill
- At 831 collection sites nationwide
The Program Has:
- Signed up 488 collection agencies including 355 councils conducting collections
- 107 active community groups nationwide
- That have inspected and collected 5,537,432 chemical containers
- This equates to $1,340,704.59 being put back into the community
- 26 approved processors that remove the collected material and recycle it.
- collected 3,928,894 chemical containers from on-farm collections
- Farmers can contact their local regional consultant for more information.
drumMUSTER Regional Consultants Have:
- Trained 1,823 people to become drumMUSTER inspectors in the past three years,
- This is an average of 2.19 trained inspectors per site
- All inspectors must have a refresher course every three years.
Figures updated on 29 April 2022