City of Subiaco Waste and Recycling Guide

www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/waste

General waste and recycling bins

The City offers weekly waste and fortnightly recycling collection services for residents.

Items that cannot be reused, recycled or recovered should go in the red-lidded general waste bin.

The standard residential size of the general waste bin is 120 litres and all items placed in it go to landfill.

The standard residential size of the yellow-lidded recycling bin is 240 litres and all items placed in it go to the City’s contracted materials recovery facility.

WASTE AND RECYCLING – IN THE CITY OF SUBIACO

General waste

Your waste service fee is charged with your annual rates and provides the following:

• Weekly collection of waste

• Fortnightly collection of recycling

• Repair or replacement of broken or missing bins

• Two bulk verge collections a year for household items

• Green waste collection for residents

• Reduced fees on tip passes

• Supply of street and park bins

• Street sweeping

• Administration services

• Removal of illegal dumping

Waste services

Bulk waste collections occur in the first week of July and December

each year.

To find out your general waste or recycling bin day, as well as bulk verge collection dates, visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/waste.

For a full list of items that can and cannot be disposed of in your red-lidded bin, visit

www.recycleright.wa.gov.au or call the Western

Metropolitan Regional Council Recycling

Hotline on 9384 6711.

Remember, all organic waste

must be secured and not loose.

I’M YOUR GENERAL WASTE BIN

The following items can go into your red-lidded general waste bin:

Wally the Waste Warrior

will empty your general waste bin weekly

Meat, bones, fruit and vegetable scraps

Plastic bags, wrap and thin plastic packaging

Nappies, personal hygiene waste, polystyrene foam

Damaged textiles

General household waste and pet poo

I’M YOUR RECYCLING BIN

The following items can go into your yellow-lidded recycling waste bin:

Recyclone

Aluminium and steel cans

Glass bottles and jars (lids removed)

Plastic bottles and containers (lids removed)

Cardboard (flattened)

Paper (no shredded paper)

will empty your recycling bin fortnightly

For a full list of items that can and cannot be disposed of in

your yellow-lidded bin, visit www.recycleright.wa.gov.au

or call the Western Metropolitan Regional

Council Recycling Hotline on

9384 6711.Remember, all items going into this bin must be rinsed with labels and lids removed.

The West Metro Recycling Centre offers free mulch to City of Subiaco

residents. With proof of your residence, you can take a trailer load of

mulch home to make your garden happy.

The mulch is processed from green waste so is a great example of closed

loop recycling.

For more information, call 9384 6711.

FREE MULCH

GREEN WASTE COLLECTION

To have your green waste collected, place it on the verge on the same day as your general waste collection. A minimum of four and a maximum of ten reusable City of Subiaco green waste bags are to be presented.

Size requirements must be adhered to for green waste piles to be removed – visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/waste for these specifications.

Green waste bags can be purchased from the Administration Centre for $5 each.

Small branches, flowers, lawn clippings

Leaves, prunings, common weeds

Gardenorganics

BULK WASTE COLLECTION HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE

Bulk waste collections are conducted twice a year in July and December.

For dates and information on what you can and cannot dispose of during these collections, please see www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/waste.

Household hazardous waste includes unwanted household products that are flammable, corrosive or explosive. They are unsafe to place in any kerbside bin and, if not disposed of properly, can be harmful to you, your pets or the environment. Hazardous waste includes gas cylinders, general household chemicals, paint, smoke detectors and batteries.

The West Metro Recycling Centre offers a free drop-off service for certain types and quantities of hazardous waste. For details, including the full list of accepted items, visit www.wmrc.wa.gov.au or call 9384 6711.

City of Subiaco Administration Centre241 Rokeby Road, Subiaco WA 6008

PO Box 270, Subiaco 6904

Phone: (08) 9237 9222

Email: city@subiaco.wa.gov.au

www.subiaco.wa.gov.au

West Metro Recycling Centre

Corner of Lemnos Street and Brockway Road, Shenton Park WA 6008

Phone: (08) 9384 2544

Opening hours: Monday to Friday 7.30am – 4pm | Weekends 8am – 4pm

Public holidays 7.30am – 2pm

(closed Christmas Day, Good Friday and New Year’s Day)

Western Metropolitan Regional Council (WMRC)

Suite 2/317 Churchill Avenue, Subiaco 6008

Phone: (08) 9384 4003

Recycling hotline: (08) 9384 6711

www.wmrc.wa.gov.au

This information can be provided in alternative formats upon request.