Getting Rid Of Chemicals

[bednobs]

I had a leak under my kitchen sink yesterday. As part of the clean-up i realised i had loads of "stuff" that i'd probably had since before a was married and had just moved every house with us. Plant leaf polish, leather sofa cleaner, shoe polish, floor cleaner, carpet cleaner (haven't had carpets since 3 houses ago), nikwax , spirits of salts and so on and so on.
i want to get rid of the unnecessary stuff, but how? Do i pour it down the drain? down the sink (which is now fixed), chuck full bottles in the bin, or what?

[Etch]

Putting them into the sewerage system is a definite no-no. I take stuff like that to my local household recycling centre.

[ladybirder]

Oh don't. Not the drain. A friend of mine did that, poured it down the drain and looked in to see a poor toad she had just soaked in bleach gazing up at her. She's never forgotten it.