Since the program began in 1999 drumMUSTER has:
- Held 76,019 collections nationwide
- Resulting in the collection of 40,500,389 chemical containers
- Equating to 44,479 tonnes of material diverted from landfill
- At 829 collection sites nationwide
The Program Has:
- Signed up 489 collection agencies including 355 councils conducting collections
- 107 active community groups nationwide
- That have inspected and collected 5,710,242 chemical containers
- This equates to $1,389,091.39 being put back into the community
- 26 approved processors that remove the collected material and recycle it
- collected 40,052,188 chemical containers from on-farm collections
- Farmers can contact their local regional consultant for more information.
drumMUSTER Regional Consultants Have:
- Trained 2,123 people to become drumMUSTER inspectors in the past three years
- This is an average of 2.56 trained inspectors per site
- All inspectors must have a refresher course every three years
Figures updated on 15 Nov 2022