Town of Bassendean
Addresses for recovery sites can be found at the bottom of this list.
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Household Item |
Disposal Options |
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Acids (household) |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Aerosol cans (empty) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Aluminium cans |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Aluminium foil |
yellow-top recycling bin |
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Ammonia (HHW)* |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Asbestos |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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B |
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Baskets (cane & plastic) |
Green-top rubbish bin or take to a recovery site (if in good condition) |
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Batteries (vehicle) |
Battery retailers (many will take them back), take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Batteries (dry-cell) Click here for battery recycling bin locations |
Drop off at a battery recycle bin location, take to HHW Disposal Days, or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Batteries (rechargeable) |
Drop off at Battery World, take to HHW Disposal Days, try www.mobilemuster.com.au (mobile phone batteries) or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Blankets |
Take to a recovery site |
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Bleaches |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Books |
Take to a recovery site |
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Bottles (place lids in separately) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Bricks |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility or recovery site (if in good condition) |
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Brake fluid |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Broken glass |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Building materials/waste |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility or recovery site |
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Bulky household items |
Verge collection or Bulk Bins (if in poor condition). If reuseable and in good condition, take to a Recovery Site. |
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C |
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Cardboard (boxes/other) |
Yellow-top recycling bin. Shire of Kalamunda residents can take cardboard (flattened, no plastic) to be recycled at Lawnbrook Rd Transfer Station. Shire of Mundaring residents can take cardboard to be recycled at Coppin Rd Transfer Station. Cardboard can be recycled at Red Hill Waste Management Facility (free if flat, with no packaging). |
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Car bodies |
Take to a recovery site |
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Car parts |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility or recovery site. |
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Cassette tapes/CDs/CD-Roms |
Take to a recovery site or put in your green-top rubbish bin |
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Cellophane |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Ceramic (broken plates & pots) |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Cereal boxes |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Cleaning products |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Clothing/shoes |
Take to a recovery site if in good condition. Otherwise place in green-top rubbish bin. |
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Cockroach bait (plastic) |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Computer components/accessories |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility or list of recyclers in Recovery sites section. |
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Concrete |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Take to a recovery site or put in your green-top rubbish bin |
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Cosmetic jars |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Cups & saucers |
Take to a recovery site (if clean & undamaged) or put in green-top rubbish bin |
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Cutlery (plastic, metal & other) |
Green-top rubbish bin unless in good condition - then take to recovery site. |
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D |
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Dirt & soil |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility. For clean fill, see Recovery sites below. |
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Drink cans |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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E |
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Electrical appliances/equipment |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility or other recovery site below. |
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Envelopes (including plastic window) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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F |
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Fertiliser |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Foam boxes |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Foam meat trays |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Foil |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Food cans (emptied) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Food & vegetable scraps |
Vegetable scraps: compost bin or worm farm. Food waste: green-top rubbish bin or bokashi bin. |
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Furniture (in good condition) |
Take to a recovery site |
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Furniture (broken) |
Verge collection or bulk bins |
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G |
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Garden chemicals/poisons |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Garden hose |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Gas cylinders |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Glad wrap |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Glass jars & bottles (only) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Glossy magazines/brochures |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Grease proof paper |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Greenwaste |
Goes in a compost bin, otherwise in your brown-top greenwaste bin (Bayswater), greenwaste bulk bin ( |
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Greeting cards |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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I |
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Ice-cream containers (cardboard & plastic) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Insecticides |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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J |
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Jars |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Juice cartons |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Juice cartons (silver lined)/UHT |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Junk (too large for green-top bin) |
Verge collections or bulk bins |
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Junk mail |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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K |
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Kerosene (HHW)* |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Kitty litter |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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L |
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Light bulbs (inandescent & halogen) |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Lights: fluorescent tubes and CFLs |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Liquid paper board |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Long life cartons |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Lunch boxes |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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M |
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Magazines |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Manure/animal droppings |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Margarine tubs |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Mattresses Click here for mattress recycling options |
Take to Hazelmere Recycling Centre or Red Hill Waste Management Facility for recycling. If clean & unstained take to a recovery site. |
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Meat trays |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Medicines |
Take to Red Hill Waste Management Facility; note: many pharmacies will take back old medicines. Check with your local pharmacist. |
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Milk bottles/cartons |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Milk cartons (silver lined)/UHT |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Mineral turpentine |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Mobile phones |
See www.mobilemuster.com.au for drop-off locations. Note: many phone retailers will take back old phones. |
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Motor oil+ |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Nappies |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Newspaper |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Needles/Sharps+ (must be in a rigid and sealed container) |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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P |
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Paint tins (empty of paint) |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Paint (oil and water based) |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Paper (office) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Paper towel rolls (inner) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Paper bags |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Pens/biros/pencils |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Pesticides |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Pet food tins (emptied and scraped/rinsed clean) |
Place in your yellow-top recycling bin |
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Petrol & flammable liquids |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Phone books |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Picture frames (damaged) |
Verge collections or bulk bins |
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Picture frames (undamaged) |
Take to a recovery site |
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Pizza boxes (empty) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Plastic containers/bottles (place lids in bin separately) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Plastic plant pots (clean) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Plastic cutlery |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Plastic bags (empty) |
Green-top rubbish bin or take to recovery site |
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Plate glass |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Poisons (liquid/solid, scheduled S2-S7) |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Polystyrene |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Pool chemicals |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Pottery |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Printer cartridges |
Take to a recovery site |
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Pyrex (ovenware) |
Green-top rubbish bin. If in good condition take to a recovery site |
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Radiator coolant |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Rat poison |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Remote controls (without batteries) |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Rope |
Take to a recovery site |
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S |
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Sauce bottles (emptied) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Seedling containers |
Take to a recovery site |
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Smoke detectors |
Take to HHW Disposal Days or Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Soft drink bottles & cans |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Soil |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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Spirit bottles |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Steel cans (rinsed) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Terracotta tiles/pots |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Timber untreated pine/lightly coloured (first call EHB hotline on 1800 084 881) |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility or Hazelmere Recycling Facility |
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Timber dark hardwoods |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility or Hazelmere Recycling Facility |
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Timber treated pine & other |
Take to a recovery site |
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Toilet paper rolls (inner) |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Toys (damaged) |
Verge collection |
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Toys (undamaged) |
Take to a recovery site |
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Tree prunings |
Go in a compost bin, brown-top green waste bin (Bayswater), greenwaste bulk bin ( |
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Tyres |
Red Hill Waste Management Facility |
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V |
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Vacuum cleaner dust & bag |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Vinyl - e.g. kitchen tiles |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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W |
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Waxed cardboard |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Waxed paper |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Weeds (without soil) |
Go in a compost bin, brown-top green waste bin (Bayswater), greenwaste bulk bin ( |
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Window panes |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Wine bottles |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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Wrapping paper |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
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X |
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X-rays |
Green-top rubbish bin |
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Y |
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Yoghurt containers |
Yellow-top recycling bin |
+Residents living in the Town of
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)
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Dell Computer Recycling: 1800 465 890 or email recycling_dell_au@dell.com (Dell brands only)
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Collins Recycling Depot:
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Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal: 9467 4624 or email perth@computer-recycling.com.au
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Students without Borders: 9360 6307 or email swb@guild.murdoch.edu.au (min 17” monitors & model year after 2000)
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Sims E-Recycling: 9236 3001, Unit C3-174 Barrington St, Spearwood or visit www.apac.simsrecycling.com
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TADWA ( Technical Assistance to the Disabled WA):
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Red Hill Waste Management Facility:
Plant Pot Recycling
The following locations in
- Chidlow: Mundaring Shire Council Transfer Station,
- Forrestfield:
- Hazelmere: Men of the Trees,
- Middle Swan:
- Mundaring: Mundaring Shire Council Transfer Station, Coppin Rd
- Sawyer's Valley: Everbloom Nursery, 665 Railway Tce
- Walliston: Kalamunda Shire Council Rubbish Transfer Station,
- Wattle Grove: Trees A
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:
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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
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:
For more charity sites, visit www.donations.com.au or visit www.yellowpages.com.au
Freecycle Online
www.freecycle.org
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.
www.planetark.com.au
- 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.
- You should also check
REmida Creative Reuse Centre
www.remidawa.com
9227 5576
REmida is a centre which collects items for reuse from businesses and makes them available as resources for education, arts and environmental projects in WA. REmida may accept items such as CDs, CD-Roms and cork which are suitable for artwork. Please call first to check.
