Waste Facilities & Tip Passes
The City operates two waste facilities - one in Busselton and one in Dunsborough.
Most waste items can be taken to either of the City’s waste facilities.
Top Tip
The only exceptions include asbestos and commercial waste which should be taken to the Dunsborough Waste Facility.
Busselton Waste Transfer & Recycling Centre
The Busselton Waste Transfer & Recycling Centre provides easy and convenient disposal of material from cars or trailers on a user pays basis. The Centre also provides FREE mulch to residents. The types of waste and associated fees are listed below:
Recyclable Material - Free of Charge
- Scrap Metal (includes; car and truck bodies, white goods, microwaves, roofing iron, star pickets)
- Domestic Electronic Waste (includes; monitors, towers, televisions, keyboards, printers, fax/CD/DVD/VHS machines, photocopiers)
- Glass bottles and jars
- Aluminium cans *
- Car batteries
- Gas bottles
- Used motor oil (containers up to 20L)
- Household batteries (includes; phones, cameras, drills, smoke alarm batteries)
- Domestic flat cardboard and paper
- Plastic containers. (We recommend soft plastics like plastic bags, bubble wrap and cereal bags to be dropped off via REDCYCLE collection points at local supermarkets).
- Household chemicals
- Paint
- Cooking oil (containers up to 20L)
- Fire extinguishers
- Fluorescent lights (tubes only)
*Note: some of these items are eligible for the WA Container Deposit Scheme. More specifics are detailed on the Container Deposit Scheme page.
Waste Disposal- Fees Apply
For a comprehensive list of Fees and Charges, please refer to the Recycling Information & Waste Disposal Charges Brochure.
Recycling Information & Waste Disposal Charges Brochure
Location and Opening Hours
Address: Rendezvous Road, Vasse WA 6280
Monday to Sunday: 7:30am - 4:00pm
Closed on Christmas Day, New Years Day, Good Friday.
Phone: 0408 933 441
Dunsborough Waste Facility
The Dunsborough Waste Facility is the City of Busselton’s primary waste disposal facility with a fully operational lined landfill as well as a weighbridge. The Waste Facility accepts general waste, green waste, a variety of recyclables, electronic waste, bricks & concrete, household hazardous waste and asbestos.
Asbestos is only accepted at Dunsborough and by appointment only. It must be triple wrapped in heavy duty black plastic and labelled. Large quantities must be on a pallet (not on gluts) to be unloaded by forks. Loads are accepted at the discretion of the leading hand.
The Facility also provides mulch FREE to residents.
Recyclable Material - Free of Charge
- Scrap Metal (includes; car and truck bodies, white goods, microwaves, roofing iron, star pickets)
- Domestic Electronic Waste (includes; monitors, towers, televisions, keyboards, printers, fax/CD/DVD/VHS machines, photocopiers)
- Glass bottles and jars
- Aluminium cans*
- Car batteries
- Gas bottles
- Used motor oil (containers up to 20L)
- Household batteries (includes; phones, cameras, drills, smoke alarm batteries)
- Domestic flat cardboard and paper
- Plastic containers. (We recommend soft plastics like plastic bags, bubble wrap and cereal bags to be dropped off via REDCYCLE collection points at local supermarkets)
- Household chemicals
- Paint
- Fire extinguishers
- Fluorescent lights (tubes only)
*Note: some of these items are eligible for the WA Container Deposit Scheme. More specifics are detailed on the Container Deposit Scheme page.
Waste Disposal - Fees Apply
For a comprehensive list of Fees and Charges, please refer to the Recycling Information & Waste Disposal Charges Brochure.
Recycling Information & Waste Disposal Charges Brochure
Location and Opening Hours
Address: Vidler Road, Naturaliste WA 6281
Monday to Sunday: 7:30am - 4:00pm
Closed on Christmas Day, New Years Day, Good Friday.
Phone: 0417 179 596
Tip Passes
Households with kerbside rubbish and recycling are issued with four tip passes per year. Households outside the rubbish/recycling collection zone are issued with eight passes. Owners of vacant land also receive tip passes.
The barcode on your rates notice serves as the tip pass, which are valid until September 30 the following year. For new residents, passes are mailed out on a case by case basis.
Tip passes are interchangeable for eligible forms of general waste or green waste. To maximise resource recovery, waste must be sorted or a fee may be incurred.
Tip passes are for domestic properties only. Commercial waste contractors who are removing household domestic waste are not permitted to use the passes, nor are non-commercial contractors who are removing waste from a collection of dwellings.
For seniors who present a Seniors Card, the disposal of Green Waste at either facility is free. For contractors working on behalf of seniors, seeking a green waste fee exemption, they must complete and submit it to the City, a Contractor Green Waste Fees Exemption Statement (attached below) prior to delivery.
Contractor Green Waste Fees Exemption Statement