What to do with your white spirit

Household chemicals such as white spirit, paint stripper, weedkillers, fertilisers, pesticides and photographic materials are considered to be hazardous waste.

Don't get rid of it, you can re-use it over and over again !

If you put it into a glass jar with a screw-on lid, e.g. a jam-jar etc. and leave it for a couple of months, the paint will settle out to the bottom of the jar and you can pour off the now clear white-spirit into another jar and use it again. Put the lid back on the jar with the paint residue in it and take that to the local waste-disposal instead.

Telephone your local authority to find the location of a facility where you can safely dispose of hazardous waste. See the link to your council at the foot of this page.

DO NOT put white spirit down the drain or toilet.

Is turpentine the same thing as white spirit?     No.

Turpentine is produced from trees. Oleoresin exuded from the sapwood of pines, firs, and other conifers is made up of two principal components, an essential oil and a type of resin that is called rosin. Commercial turpentine, or turps, is the essential oil separated from the rosin by steam distillation.

White spirit is made from petroleum by boiling it between 115&#deg;C and 180&#deg;C.

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