Household and Domestic Waste

Residents can dispose of a range of waste at the Red Hill Waste Management Facility, including:

Recycling

Recyclable items accepted at Red Hill include:

• Aluminium Cans  (empty and rinsed)
• Batteries (dry cell or automotive)
• Car Bodies (see below for details)
• Cardboard
• Clothing
• Electronic Waste (TVs, IT equipment - see below for details)
• Fluorescent lights
• Glass bottles and jars
• Mattresses (Residents only - see below for details)
• Mobile Telephones
• Oil (up to 20 litres)
• All type 1 & 2 plastic containers (empty and rinsed)
• Scrap steel
• Steel Cans (empty and rinsed)
• Whitegoods

Please note that the following items are not recyclable:

• Ceramics
• Window panes and shower cubicle glass

Please contact the Red Hill Waste Management Facility on (08) 9574 6235 for further information.

Household Hazardous Waste

For details on HHW accepted please follow link HERE

Car bodies

EMRC member Council residents can dispose of car bodies for a fee. Cars must be empty of rubbish and licence plates removed.

A full list of fees and charges can be located at www.emrc.org.au/fees-and-charges.html

Tyres

If you are a resident of one of EMRC's five member Councils - Town of Bassendean, City of Bayswater, City of Kalamunda, Shire of Mundaring, City of Swan - you can dispose of a maximum of four tyres (car, 4WD or motorcycle) per visit on payment of the appropriate fees. To dispose of more than four tyres, or truck tyres, contact should be made with Reclaim Industries on (08) 9418 8144 or any other tyre recyclers.

Greenwaste

Greenwaste (garden waste) must not be contaminated by plastic bags, plant pots and glass etc. The greenwaste is diverted to EMRC's composting operations and processed into composted mulch.

Greenwaste should be less than 1.5m long and no more than 300mm in diameter.

Composted mulch is often made available to residents disposing of waste at the transfer station. Availability cannot be guaranteed.

Fees apply to the disposal of Greenwaste. For more information visit our Fees and Charges page

Electronic waste

Free Television and IT equipment recycling

You can dispose of unwanted televisions and IT equipment FREE of charge for RECYCLING, diverting them from landfill, reducing dumping and recovering valuable resources at:

Televisions and IT equipment may be dropped off for recycling at any time during the above opening hours.

Accepted items include:

• Televisions
• Desktop PCs
• Laptop PCs
• Tablets
• Computer peripherals including:
• Hard drives
• Keyboards
• Computer mice
• Computer power supplies
• Network and memory cards
• Floppy disc and CD / DVD drives
• Printers
• Scanners
• Fax machines

Items NOT accepted:

• Hazardous waste
• CRTs that have been removed from their cases or an encased CRT that is cracked or broken
• Batteries that are not an integral part of the system
• Refrigerators, washing machines and dryers
• Vacuum Cleaners
• Microwaves
• Other kitchen and household appliances
• Video and DVD players
• Hi-fi and stereo equipment
• Digital and video cameras
• Computer game consoles and accessories

Please click here for further information http://www.rgang.org.au/r-gang/electronic-waste-e-waste.aspx

Mattresses

Unwanted mattresses can be disposed at the Red Hill Waste Management Facility or the Hazelmere Resource Recovery Park for a fee. 

A full list of fees and charges can be found at www.emrc.org.au/fees-and-charges.html