Worried Your Spill Kits Are Non-Compliant?

It seems there is some confusing misinformation being circulated about wheelie bin spill kits and Australian Standards, so we thought we'd clear things up for everyone.
 
The facts?  There is no Australian Standard (or government legislation) stating what colour your wheelie bin spill kits need to be.  And neither is there a standard reserving any particular colour wheelie bin for an exclusive application.
 
That said, we would recommend that the colours you use are consistent across your site.  One of the more common wheelie bin spill kit colour schemes is:

• BLUE bins and lids for general purpose spill kits; YELLOW bins and lids for hydrocarbon-only spill kits; RED bins and lids for chemical spill kits

In the last couple of years there has also been a push to promote the following colour scheme:

• LIME GREEN bins with GREY lids for general purpose spill kits; with WHITE lids for hydrocarbon only spill kits; with YELLOW lids for chemical spill kits