Verge collections

Bulk kerbside collection services within the Shire of Kalamunda are continuing. Check your Waste & Recycling Guide 2011/2012 or see the verge collection map.

Note that there is a date for setting out your verge rubbish, which is a maximum of nine days prior to the collection taking place. Please see the table at the bottom of this page for verge collection dates.

A flyer will also be delivered prior to collection reminding residents about the verge collection.

Please call the Customer Service Hotline on (08) 9452 0146 for any further information

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Green waste verge collection

Green waste is diverted from landfill by mulching for re-use. To find out when the collection occurs in your area, please see one of the following:

•  See Verge Collections in your 2011/2012 Waste & Recycling Guide fridge calendar.
•  Look out for the Shire of Kalamunda leaflet with a map and area date which you will receive prior to your collection.
•  Download the Waste and Recycling Guide - Shire of Kalamunda 2011/2012 (click on the link at the bottom of this page).

The following will be collected:

•  Branches not more than 1.5 metres long and 150mm thick. Please place in neat piles with the cut ends facing toward the road.
•  Please place lawn clippings, leaves and cuttings (less than 40cm) in boxes or small bags, placed alongside the general the general rubbish.
•  Palm trees: Fronds cut to 1.5m, trunks cut to 1metre and split into quarters lengthwise (not round sections please).

Make sure to do the following:

•  Do not mix any other rubbish with your green waste.
•  Do not put out stumps.
•  Place green waste away from fences.

Please note: If your green waste does not meet these requirements or it contains any other general rubbish, it cannot be collected.
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Bulk rubbish verge collection

Bulk rubbish is collected at the same time as the green waste and it should be separated from green waste and placed neatly on the verge for collection. To find out when the collection occurs in your area, please see one of the following:

•  See Verge Collections in your 2011/2012 Waste & Recycling Guide fridge calendar
•  Look out for the Shire of Kalamunda leaflet with a map and area date which you will receive prior to your collection.
•  Download the Waste and Recycling Guide - Shire of Kalamunda 2011-2012.

The following will be collected

•  Household furniture.
•  Stoves.
•  White goods (refrigerators and air conditioners only if certified as degassed*).
•  General junk.

*Refrigerators and air conditioners will not be collected unless accompanied by a certificate issued by an authorised tradesperson stating that they have been properly degassed. Refrigerator doors must be removed.

The following items should be taken to Red Hill Waste Management Facility as they will not be picked up with verge collections

•  Prunings from trees or shrubs growing on the verge
•  Motor vehicle batteries
•  Tyres - car, 4x4 or motorcycle (can also be taken to Lawnbrook Road Transfer Station
•  Bricks or building rubble, for example cement, plaster, tiles
•  Sand and/or lawn sods
•  Tree stumps and logs
•  Any part of a motor vehicle except car seats
•  Cement or asbestos products (including fibro-cement fencing.
•  Hazardous liquids (oil, paint, chemicals, pesticides)
•  Air conditioners or refrigerators (unless certified as degassed)
•  Oil filled radiators/room heaters
•  200 litre drums (unless open ended and visibly empty)
•  Glass unless broken, wrapped and boxed/bagged
•  Metal of any type - unless cut to a maximum of 1.5m in length, width and height, and not solid (this can also be taken to Lawnbrook Road Transfer Station
•  Wooden pallets
•  Food or household waste
   

Please note collection indicated with ***

Labour Day public holiday on 5 March 2012
Collection starts on Tuesday 6 March 2012.

Easter Monday public holiday on 9 April 2012
Collection starts on Tuesday 10 April 2012.