Waste and Recycling Guide 2020 2021 - Shire of Mundaring
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Waste and Recycling Guide 2020 - 2021
Shire of Mundaring
To determine your recycling week,
refer to the next page for a list of
collection days by area:
Area One recycling week
Area Two recycling week
Bins collected a day later due
to public holiday
Waste management enquiries:
9290 6666 (Option 5)
Website information:
rgang.org.au
mundaring.wa.gov.au
Printed 100%
Carbon Neutral on
Recycled Paper.
Bin Services
Collection Days by Area
For more information on
Area One Recycling Area Two Recycling
bin collections, call the
SUBURB DAY Shire of Mundaring on
9290 6666 (Option 5) or
visit mundaring.wa.gov.au
Place bins out by 6:00am on bin collection day
Keep bins 1 metre
clear of
obstructions e.g. 0.5 metre apart
cars, walls, posts
Place bins with
wheels nearest
to your house Within 1 metre Within 1 metre
of the road of the road
Public Holiday Changes to Bin Collection Services
If your normal Your bin will be
collection day is: collected on:
Friday 25 December 2020 Saturday 26 December 2020
Friday 1 January 2021 Saturday 2 January 2021
Friday 2 April 2021 Saturday 3 April 2021
Bin repairs can be arranged at no extra cost by calling the
Shire’s Waste Services team on 9290 6666 (Option 5).
GENERAL WASTE BIN RECYCLING BIN Place all items
loosely into
Household Hazardous Waste
GREEN LID YELLOW LID the bin
COLLECTED WEEKLY COLLECTED FORTNIGHTLY
Place all items loosely into the bin.
No plastic bags. =
There are many household waste and
recyclable items that CANNOT be
placed in either your General Waste Bin
Recyclables
or your Recycling Bin.
General
waste
Household Hazardous Waste items
including aerosol cans and batteries
cause fires in collection vehicles
and materials recovery facilities, and
therefore must not be placed in either
50 kg max weight 70 kg max weight of your kerbside bins.
Food scraps Glass bottles and jars (remove lids)
Garden waste Steel and aluminium cans (empty) For a full list of household hazardous
Nappies Paper wastes and disposal options, see the
UHT (Long-life) cartons Newspapers and magazines
back page of the guide or
Old clothing and textiles Cardboard (flattened)
Soft, scrunchable plastics Plastic bottles and containers (remove lids) visit rgang.org.au
Hygiene and sanitary products Milk and juice cartons
Disposable coffee cups ………………………………………………
Kitty litter and dog poo NO UHT (Long-life) cartons
………………………………………… BIN SERVICES
NO aerosols
NO construction or building materials NO batteries
NO household hazardous waste NO nappies
NO hot ashes NO shredded paper
NO motor oil NO soft plastics or plastic bags
To be sure you are placing the right thing in the right bin, check the A-Z guide on the following page.
For more information on waste, recycling and household hazardous waste, visit rgang.org.au go to
recycleright.wa.gov.au.Waste and Recycling Options A-Z
Unsure what items go where?
This guide will help you determine the best way to dispose of unwanted items and easily identify what
can be recycled or recovered. Find your item on the list and match it with the option at the bottom of the
page. For more items please see the full A-Z list at rgang.org.au or visit recycleright.wa.gov.au
Item Options Item Options Item Options Item Options
Acids - NOTE: some Compact fluorescent lamps Helium bottles 5 6 15 Plastic containers, rigid -
facilities cannot accept 5 (CLFs) and fluorescent tubes 5 11 15 .................................... cleane.g. yoghurt pails 2
hydrofluoric acid (household only) Ice cream containers 2 and buckets
- call to check ..................................... .................................... .....................................
.................................. Computers, peripherals Inorganic oxidising agents Plastic cutlery 1
Aerosols - cans - empty, and accessories 6 10 13 15 - e.g. pool chlorine 5 .....................................
CFC-based, paints, 5 ..................................... .................................... Plastic wrapping 1 8
lacquers, pesticides etc. Cosmetic jars 1 Kitty litter 1 .....................................
.................................. ..................................... .................................... Poisons 5
Alkalis Cyanides 5 Liquid paper board 2 3 .....................................
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . . . . ..................................... .................................... Polystyrene and polystyrene
Aluminium cans and drink cans 2 3 Dirt and soil 4 6 Long life cartons - silver lined 1 3 beads 1 9 15
.................................. ..................................... .................................... .....................................
Aluminium foil - clean 2 Drink cans 2 15 3 Manure / animal droppings 1 4 Pottery 1 15
.................................. ..................................... .................................... .....................................
Animal litter/bedding/waste 1 Egg cartons 2 Mattresses 14 15 16 Printer cartridges 13
.................................. ..................................... .................................... .....................................
Asbestos - wrapped 6 Electrical items 10 15 Meat trays 1 Remote controls
..................................... .................................... 1 15
.................................. - without batteries
Baskets - cane and plastic 1 Engine coolants and glycols 5 Medicines/needles/sharps .....................................
..................................... - take to local pharmacists 13
.................................. Sauce bottles
Batteries - household only 5 11
Envelopes .................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2. . . . . . . . .
.................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . Mercury - e.g. thermometers 5 Shoes 1 7
Batteries - vehicle 6 13 15 Fabrics 1 7 .................................... .....................................
.................................. ..................................... Metal pots and pans 2 7 15 Shredded paper 1 4
Bed linen 1 7 Fire extinguishers - non .................................... .....................................
halon - red 5 15 Milk / juice cartons
.................................. 2 3 Smoke detectors 5
Black plastic sheeting 1 ..................................... .................................... .....................................
.................................. Flammable liquids - Mobile phones 13 15 Soft drink bottles and cans 2 15 3
Books - pages separated e.g hydrocarbons and fuels 5 ..................................... .....................................
from the cover into ..................................... Motor oil - up to 20 litres 6 15 Soft Plastics 8
magazine sized segments, 7 2 15 Flammable solids 5 .................................... .....................................
paper and cardboard .................................... Nappies 7
1 Solvents 5
separated Flares 5 .................................... .....................................
.................................. ..................................... Organic peroxides 5 Spectacles and reading glasses 13
Bottles - remove lids 2 15 Foam - e.g boxes, seedling .................................... .....................................
.................................. containers and meat trays 1 Paint 5 12 Steel cans 2 3
Bubble wrap 1 8 ..................................... .................................... .....................................
.................................. Food and vegetable scraps 1 4 Paint tins - must be empty Television - whole, 6 10 13
Building and demolition waste 13 15 ..................................... and dry 1 15 undamaged 15 16
.................................. .................................... .....................................
Car parts /bodies 6 13 Food cans (steel) 2 15 Paper (not shredded) - office 2 15 Terracotta tiles / pots 1 15
.................................. ................................... ................................... ..................................
Cardboard 6 2 15 Furniture 2 7 15 16 Paper (shredded) - office 1 4 Timber - dark hardwoods 6 15 16
.................................. ................................... ................................... ..................................
Cassette tapes 1 7 15 Garden hose 1 Paper bags 2 4 Timber - untreated pine*
.................................. ................................... ................................... / lightly coloured 4 6 15 16
CDs / CD-ROMs Gas cylinders - small Paper towel rolls - inner 2 4 ..................................
1 5 15
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. . 15
.... household cylinders ................................... Toilet paper rolls - inner 2 4
Cellophane 1 8 ................................... PCB materials 5 ..................................
.................................. General household chemicals ................................... Toxics 5
Cereal boxes - e.g. cleaning products 5 Pesticides - including ..................................
2 5
.................................. ................................... Schedule X pesticides Tree prunings ( less than
Chemicals - most HHW facilities Gift wrapping paper 2 ................................... 300mm diameter) 1 4 15 16
will accept unknown chemicals ................................... Pet food tins - clean 2 ..................................
if they are in a secure sealed. 5 Glad wrap 1 ................................... Vacuum cleaner dust
chemical resitant container ................................... Phone books 2 15 and bag 1
.................................. Glass bottles and jars ................................... ..................................
Clothing, textiles, blankets (remove lids)- including 2 Pizza boxes - empty, clean 2 Waxed cardboard 2
and fabrics 1 7 broken bottles and jars ................................. ..................................
.................................. ................................... Plant pots (clean) - plastic only 2 15 Waxed paper (clean) 1
Coat hangers 1 7 15 Grease proof paper 1 ................................... ..................................
.................................. ................................... Plastic bag(s) - empty 1 8 Wine bottles 2
Cockroach bait - plastic 1 5 Greenwaste - e.g. ................................... ..................................
.................................. lawn clippings 1 4 15 16 Plastic bottles - remove lids 2 3 15 Yoghurt containers
Coffee pods 1 13 ................................... ................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2. . . . . . . . .
.................................. Greeting cards 2 Plastic containers - remove lids 2 Yoghurt pouches 1
................................... ................................... ..................................
Heavy metal compounds 5
Options key ...................................
1 General Waste Bin 6 Red Hill Waste Management 10 Total Green Recycling (fees may 14 Hazelmere Resource Recovery
Facility(Fees may apply for some apply for some items, contact first) Park 9274 7807 (fees may apply
2 Recycling Bin items,contact first) for some items, contact first)
11 Battery / CFL Drop off point - visit
3 www.containersforchange.com.au/wa 7 Charity - Visit the www.GIV.org.au www.rgang.org.au for a full list of 15 Mundaring and Chidlow
to find a list of eligible drink website to find a convenient location locations Community Recycling Centres
containers and Refund Points. where you can donate or find a contact
number to organise free home collection 12 Paintback - visit www.paintback.com.au 16 Bulk Verge Collection Service
4 Compost Bin / Worm Farm / Bokashi of larger household items for a list of locations
8 Redcycle - www.redcycle.net.au 13 www.rgang.org.au
5 Household Hazardous Waste www.recycleright.wa.gov.au
(HHW) Drop Off Point 9 Claw Environmental
EMRC Waste Education Program
EMRC Waste Education Officers provide free tours of the Red Hill Waste Management Facility, as well as fun WASTE AND RECYCLING
activities at the Red Hill Environmental Education Centre. Officers provide information, waste education talks, OPTIONS A-Z
courses and workshops for regional schools and community groups. EMRC’s Waste Education team coordinate
the region’s battery and fluorescent light collection program for schools and public places.
For more information, visit rgang.org.au or email wasteeducation@emrc.org.auBulk Verge Collections
Bulk Verge Collections
Bulk Verge Collection 2020
Reduce illegal dumping and nuisance pickers by
Bulk items
placing VergeonCollection
the verge of 2020
your property no
earlier than 7 days prior to your collection date.
Reduce illegal dumping and nuisance pickers by
placing items on the verge of your property no
earlier than 7 days prior to your collection date.
All households which have a standard waste service also receive one bulk verge collection annually.
A maximum of 2m3 of General Waste (household junk, scrap metal, white goods and mattresses) and 2m3 of
Greenwaste
All can
households be placed
which have abystandard
each household onto the
waste service alsoverge.
receive one bulk verge collection annually.
A maximum of 2m3 of General Waste and 2m3 of
WHAT DO (household
Sort your waste junk,
intoscrap
Greenwaste can be placed by each household onto the verge.
metal,
the five white goods
categories shownand mattresses)
in the image above.
DO NOT obstruct footpaths, your normal bin service or motorists’
YOU
WHATNEED
DO line
Sort of sight.
your waste into the five categories shown in the image above.
TO DO?
YOU NEED
DO NOT
DO NOT obstruct
poles,
line
place waste
of trees
near sprinklers,
footpaths, water
your normal
sight. or other obstructions.
binmeters,
service mail boxes, power
or motorists’
TO DO?
Mattresses - max of 3 items DO NOT place waste near Scrap Metal
sprinklers, water meters, mail boxes, power
Wire remnants must be safely and securely
poles, trees or other obstructions.
Refrigerators & White Goods - max of 4 items bundled. Max length 1.8 m.
Mattresses
Fridges and -freezers
max of DO
3 items
NOT need to be degassed Scrap Metal
Greenwaste
Wire remnants must be safely and securely
Household Furniture
Refrigerators & White&Goods
General Junk
- max of 4 items Branches,Max
bundled. cuttings and
length 1.8leaves
m. max length 1.5m
E.g. couches,
Fridges tables, DO
and freezers televisions,
NOT need vacuum
to be cleaners,
degassed (5 feet). Max diameter 150mm (6 inches).
Greenwaste
Stack woody ends towards the street.
carpet etc. Max length 1.8 m. Branches, cuttingsleaves
and leaves max small
length 1.5m
Household Furniture & General Junk Boxed or bagged and other
E.g. couches, tables, televisions, vacuum cleaners, (5 feet). Max
vegetation willdiameter 150mm
be collected with(6General
inches).Waste.
carpet etc. Max length 1.8 m. Stack woody ends towards the street.
Boxed or bagged leaves and other small
vegetation will be collected with General Waste.
The following items will NOT be collected: Household Hazardous
More than two trailer loads of waste or greenwaste. Waste (HHW) Disposal
Waste that is not correctly separated. Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)
NO bricks, rubble, concrete or cement (take to Chidlow Community Recycling items can be taken for free to the Red
Centre).
Hill Waste Management Facility. Go to
NO sand, soil or lawn sods.
NO food or small household waste items - use your General Waste bin instead. wastenet.net.au for a full list of HHW
NO glass or mirrors. drop-off points and accepted items or
NO gas bottles or cylinders (take to Mundaring or Chidlow Community Recycling
call 9574 6235 for more information.
Centres).
NO car bodies/parts/tyres/batteries (take to Mundaring or Chidlow Community
Recycling Centres, fees may apply).
NO asbestos or fibrous cement.
NO hazardous waste or liquids (paint, oil, garden chemicals, pesticides, oil-filled Gas= cylinders Household Flammables
radiators/heaters etc.) see following page. and aerosols batteries
NO waste presented at any other location from your own verge.
NO small items that need to be boxed or bagged for collection - eg clothing,
books, ‘nik-naks’. Take good quality items to a chairty shop. Small items should Pesticides and
Poisons Corrosives
be taken to a Community Recycling Centre or placed in your General Waste bin. herbicides
The owner of the property may be liable for a $200 litter infringement for
waste placed on the verge more than 7 days prior to your designated Fire extinguishers Paint Fluorescent globes
(non-halon) and tubes (CFLs)
collection date, or after the truck has passed.
Up to 20kg/20L per material type.
If waste items have not been collected within seven days of the advertised No commercial quantities.
date, please call the below number.
BULK VERGE COLLECTIONS
For more information about the Shire’s Bulk Verge Collections, call the & HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL
Shire of Mundaring on 9290 6666 (select Option 5) or visit mundaring.wa.gov.au COMMUNITY RECYCLING
CENTRES & DISPOSAL SITES (BACK PAGE)Mundaring and Chidlow Community Recycling Centres
Red Hill Waste Management Facility
NO PASS, Coppin Road (Mundaring)
Saturday - Tuesday 8:00 am - 4.00 pm
Mathieson Road (Childlow)
Thursday - Sunday 8.00 am - 4.00 pm 1094 Toodyay Road, Red Hill
NO ENTRY Closed every Wednesday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day
Opening Hours:
Shire of Mundaring residents with a waste service are issued an annual Community Recycling Centre Monday to Saturday: 8:00am - 4:00pm
Entry Pass, allowing for unlimited disposal of greenwaste and recyclables and three loads of general waste. Sunday: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Closed on Christmas Day, New Years Day
Unlimited entries at both sites for: Greenwaste, scrap metal, white goods, batteries, cardboard, clothing, and Good Friday.
fluorescent lights, glass bottles, aluminium cans, paper, plastic bottles and containers, televisions, computers, Waste accepted and fees:
motor oil (max 20L) and mattresses. Bricks and rubble accepted at Mathieson Road only. List of accepted
General Waste: Fee payable
items correct at the time of printing.
Limited entry for: General waste to landfill. Asbestos: Fee payable, Must be wrapped
NOT ACCEPTED: Asbestos waste, cement sheeting, chemicals, fibrous cement, paint or sand or fuels. in plastic sheeting and taped.
For further information contact infrastructure services on 9290 6666 (Option 5) or refer to mundaring.wa.gov.au Televisions and Computers: No charge
for old computers and televisions. ‘Whole’
Don’t have waste services? You can purchase Community Recycling Centre entry passes. items only accepted. CRT’s out of casing or
Get your rates emailed? Your entry pass is held at the Shire for collection. cracked/broken are not able to be accepted.
Lost your Pass? The Shire may re-issue an Entry Pass, costs apply.
Household Hazardous Waste: No charge
Used all three general waste loads? Additional tickets for general waste loads can be purchased for
for household quantities (up to 20kg or 20L
$50 each. Cash only accepted at the Community Recycling Centres.
per material type per day). Mixed waste
How much can I take at any one time? Maximum load volume is restricted to a 6x4 high sided trailer load. (HHW and/or recyclables with general
Cars, trailers and utes only, no trucks or commercial vehicles are permitted at the Recycling Centres. waste) will incur a fee.
Grab n Go @ Mundaring and Chidlow Community Recycling For a list of fees and charges, go to
Community Recycling Centres Centre Charges
Household items in good condition can be donated to and Tyres (max five per visit): emrc.org.au or call 9574 6235.
accessed by residents at the reuse shop (at the discretion of the $5 per car tyre
recycling attendant). $10 per car tyre on rim
Accepted items include: Clothing, household goods, furniture, $10 per light truck tyre/4wd
doors, windows, bicycles, tools, kitchenware (utensils, cutlery and $15 per light truck tyre/4wd on rim
crockery), garden items, reusable building materials (timber, tiles
No large truck or grader
etc), sporting equipment, toys, books, magazines, collectables, EMRC Waste Education
antiques and baths. tyres accepted Email: wasteeducation@emrc.org.au
Items not accepted: Computers, televisions, electronic Additional Load Entry $50.00 Website: rgang.org.au
appliances, mattresses, sofas, carpet and tyres. Replacement for lost pass $30.00 R-Gang Hotline: 1800 855 955You can also read
