Waste Matters
A-Z of waste
4R option (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) | Disposal options | |
|---|---|---|
Acids (household) | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Aerosol cans (empty) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Aluminium cans | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Aluminium foil | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Ammonia (HHW)* | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Asbestos | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Click here for important information on safety and asbestos | ||
Baskets (cane & plastic) | Take to a recovery site (if in good condition) | Green-top rubbish bin |
Batteries (vehicle) | Battery retailers (many will take them back) | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility (recyclable). Do not put in your general rubbish bin. |
Residents of Kalamunda: Take to Lawnbrook Road Transfer Station for recycling. | ||
Batteries (dry-cell) | Drop off at a battery recycle bin location Click here for battery recycling bin locations; drop off at Battery World | Do not put in your general rubbish bins. |
Batteries (rechargeable) | Drop off at a battery recycle bin location Click here for battery recycling bin locations; drop off at Battery World; try www.mobilemuster.com.au (mobile phone batteries) | Do not put in your general rubbish bins. |
Blankets | Take to a recovery site | |
Bleaches | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility. Do not put in general rubbish bins. | |
Books | Take to a recovery site | |
Bottles (place lids in green-top rubbish bin ) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Bricks | Take to recovery site (if in good condition) | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
Brake fluid | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Broken glass | Put in yellow-top recycling bin (only if bottles or jars) | Green-top rubbish bin |
Building materials/waste | Take to recovery site | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
Bulky household items | If reuseable and in good condition, take to a recovery site. | Verge collection or bulk bins (if in poor condition). |
4R option (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) | Disposal options | |
|---|---|---|
Cardboard (boxes/other) |
Yellow-top recycling bin. | |
Car bodies | Take to a recovery site | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
Car parts | Take to a recovery site | Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
Cassette tapes/CDs/CD-Roms | Take to a recovery site | Green-top rubbish bin |
Cellophane | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Ceramic (broken plates & pots) | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Cereal boxes | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Cleaning products | Red Hill Waste Management Facility (if hazardous) | |
Clothing/shoes | Take to a recovery site if in good condition. | Place in green-top rubbish bin. |
Cockroach bait (plastic) | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Computer components/accessories | List of recyclers in Recovery sites section. | Red Hill Waste Management Facility (transfer station recycling site) |
Concrete | Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Cork | Take to a recovery site | Green-top rubbish bin |
Cosmetic jars (not plastic or glass) | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Cups & saucers | Take to a recovery site (if clean & undamaged) | Green-top rubbish bin |
Cutlery (plastic, metal & other) | Take to a recovery site (if in good condition or unused) | Green-top rubbish bin |
Dirt & soil | For clean fill, see Recovery sites. | Red Hill Waste Management Facility. |
Drink cans | Yellow-top recycling bin |
4R option (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) | Disposal options | |
|---|---|---|
Electrical appliances/equipment | Electronic waste recovery site | Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
Envelopes (including plastic window) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Fertiliser | Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Foam boxes | Useful as plant pots | Green-top rubbish bin |
Foam meat trays | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Foil | Yellow-top recycling bin | Green-top rubbish bin (if dirty) |
Food cans (emptied) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Food & vegetable scraps | Compost bin, worm farm or bokashi bin. See Home composting for ideas | Place in green-top rubbish bin |
Furniture (in good condition) | Take to a recovery site | |
Furniture (broken) | Verge collection or bulk bins |
4R option (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) | Disposal options | |
|---|---|---|
Garden chemicals/poisons | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Garden hose | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Gas cylinders | Many petrol stations and gas retailers will exchange or take these back | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
Glad wrap | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Glass jars & bottles (only) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Glossy magazines/brochures | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Grease proof paper | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Green waste | Goes in a compost bin, otherwise in your brown-top greenwaste bin (Bayswater), green waste bulk bin (Belmont) | Green-top rubbish bin. Will also be collected by verge collections |
Greeting cards | Yellow-top recycling bin. Planet Ark re-use Christmas cards (see Recovery sites below) |
4R option (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) | Disposal options | |
|---|---|---|
Ice-cream containers (cardboard & plastic) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Insecticides | Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Jars | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Juice cartons | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Juice cartons (silver lined)/UHT | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Junk (too large for green-top bin) | Verge collections or bulk bins | |
Junk mail | Yellow-top recycling bin |
4R option (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) | Disposal options | |
|---|---|---|
Kerosene (HHW) | Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Kitty litter | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Light bulbs (inandescent & halogen) | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Lights: fluorescent tubes and CFLs | See list of fluorescent light recycling locations | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility (if broken) |
Liquid paper board | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Long life cartons | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Lunch boxes | Green-top rubbish bin |
4R option (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) | Disposal options | |
|---|---|---|
Magazines | Yellow-top recycling bin | Green-top rubbish bin |
Manure/animal droppings | ||
Margarine tubs | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Mattresses | Take to Hazelmere Recycling Centre or Red Hill Waste Management Facility for recycling. If clean & unstained take to a recovery site. Click here for mattress recycling options | |
Meat trays | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Medicines | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility; note: many pharmacies will take back old medicines. Check with your local pharmacist. See www.returnmed.com.au | |
Milk bottles/cartons | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Milk cartons (silver lined)/UHT | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Mineral turpentine | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Mobile phones | See www.mobilemuster.com.au for drop-off recycling locations. Note: many phone retailers will take back old phones. | |
Motor oil | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Nappies | ||
Newspaper | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Needles/Sharps+ (must be in a rigid and sealed container) | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
4R option (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) | Disposal options | |
|---|---|---|
Paint tins (empty of paint and dry) | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Paint (oil and water based) | If paint is in good condition, check if local schools or kindegartens require it. | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility. |
Paper (office) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Paper towel rolls (inner) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Paper bags | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Pens/biros/pencils (unusable) | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Pesticides | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Pet food tins (emptied and scraped/rinsed clean) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Petrol & flammable liquids | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Phone books | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Picture frames (damaged) | Verge collections or bulk bins | |
Picture frames (undamaged) | Take to a recovery site | |
Pizza boxes (empty) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Plastic containers/bottles (place lids in bin separately) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Plastic plant pots (clean) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Plastic cutlery | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Plastic bags (empty) | Take to recovery site | Green-top rubbish bin |
Plate glass | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Poisons (liquid/solid, scheduled S2-S7) | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Polystyrene | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Pool chemicals | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Pottery (broken) | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Printer cartridges | Take to a recovery site | |
Pyrex (ovenware) | If in good condition take to a recovery site | Green-top rubbish bin. |
4R option (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) | Disposal options | |
|---|---|---|
Radiator coolant | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Rat poison | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Remote controls (without batteries) | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Rope | Take to a recovery site | Green-top rubbish bin |
Sauce bottles (emptied) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Seedling containers | Take to a recovery site | |
Smoke detectors | Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Soft drink bottles & cans | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Soil | Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Spirit bottles | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Steel cans (rinsed) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Terracotta tiles/pots | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Timber untreated pine/lightly coloured (first call EHB hotline on 1800 084 881) | Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Timber dark hardwoods | Red Hill Waste Management Facility | |
Timber treated pine & other | Take to a recovery site | Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
Toilet paper rolls (inner) | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Toys (damaged) | Verge collection or green-top rubbish bin | |
Toys (undamaged) | Take to a recovery site | |
Tree prunings | Go in a compost bin, brown-top green waste bin (Bayswater), greenwaste bulk bin (Belmont), | Green-top rubbish bin. |
Tyres | Take to a recovery site | Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
4R option (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) | Disposal options | |
|---|---|---|
Vacuum cleaner dust & bag | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Vinyl - e.g. kitchen tiles | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Waxed cardboard | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Waxed paper | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Weeds (without soil) | Go in a compost bin, brown-top green waste bin (Bayswater), greenwaste bulk bin (Belmont), | Green-top rubbish bin. |
Window panes | Green-top rubbish bin | |
Wine bottles | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
Wrapping paper | Yellow-top recycling bin | |
X-rays | Take to a recovery site | Green-top rubbish bin |
Yoghurt containers | Yellow-top recycling bin |
Note: Items taken to Red Hill Waste Management Facility for disposal may incur a fee.
Recovery options
Building and demolition waste
Some building waste, such as bricks, clean fill and steel, can be recycled. To find out your closest recycler, see the Recycling Directory for Construction and Demolition Secondary Sources.
Computer equipment (Recycling fees may apply depending on the equipment)
- Dell Computer Recycling: 1800 465 890 or email recycling_dell_au@dell.com (Dell brands only)
- Collins Recycling Depot: 9457 3973, 16 Kembla Way, Willetton
- Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal: 9467 4624 or email perth@computer-recycling.com.au
- Students without Borders: 9360 6307 or email swb@guild.murdoch.edu.au (min 17" monitors & model year after 2000)
- Sims E-Recycling: 9236 3001, Unit C3-174 Barrington St, Spearwood or visit www.apac.simsrecycling.com
- TADWA ( Technical Assistance to the Disabled WA): 9379 7400, 371 Collier Rd, Bassendean
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Red Hill Waste Management Facility: 9574 6235, 1094 Toodyay Rd, Red Hill
Plant pot recycling
The following locations in Perth’s Eastern Region will accept plant pots for recycling:
- Chidlow: Mundaring Shire Council Transfer Station, Mathieson Rd
- Forrestfield: Dawsons Garden World, 160 Hale Rd
- Hazelmere: Men of the Trees, Stirling Cres
- High Wycombe: The Jolly Potter Nursery, 460 Kalamunda Rd
- Middle Swan: Waldecks Garden Centre, 506 Great Northern Hwy
- Mundaring: Mundaring Shire Council Transfer Station, Coppin Rd
- Sawyer's Valley: Everbloom Nursery, 665 Railway Tce
- Walliston: Kalamunda Shire Council Rubbish Transfer Station, Lawnbrook Rd
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Wattle Grove: Trees A Green Garden Centre, 318 Hale Rd
Spectacles
Many optometrists collect used spectacles and reuse them. Al Laubman & Pank stores & Lion Clubs donate used spectacles to charity organisations.
Televisions and other electronic waste (Recycling fees may be payable)
- Red Hill Waste Management Facility: 9574 6235, 1094 Toodyay Rd, Red Hill (TVs only)
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Sims E-Recycling: 9236 3001, Unit C3-174 Barrington St, Spearwood or visit www.apac.simsrecycling.com
Recovery sites
Please note that this list is not exhaustive: if there are new free recovery sites you know about which are relevant for residents in Perth’s Eastern Region, please let us know via e-mail: mail@rgang.org.au
Charity organisations
Charity organisations will often take the following items provided they are in good condition and are not stained or broken: Blankets, books, bric-a-brac, clothes, kitchenware, and ovenware, picture frames, mattresses (Vinnie’s will only pick up clean mattresses), shoes and toys. Some charities will not accept electrical items. Contact the organisation first or see their website to find out if your items will be accepted.
Some charity websites:
- http://www.goodsammy.com.au
- http://www.vinnies.org.au
- http://www.rspcawa.asn.au
- http://salvos.org.au
- http://www.anglicare.org.au
For more charity sites, visit www.donations.com.au or visit www.yellowpages.com.au
Freecycle Online
Freecycle is a website which aims to divert waste from landfill. You can advertise unwanted household goods upon joining the e-mail list. Membership, advertising and goods are free. For more information visit their website and find out your nearest freecycle group.
Planet Ark
Planet Ark host a community recycling website. www.recyclingnearyou.com.au which details recycling facilities available in your community.
- Look out for Planet Ark's printer cartridge recycling service. For locations and details of how to participate, go to their website above. Note that businesses can join this initiative. Printer cartridges can also be recycled at many post offices, Office Works stores, libraries and other retail outlets.
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You should also check Planet Ark's Christmas card recycling initiative.
Last modified: 12:34 pm Wed, 8th of Jun 2011
