Waste Facilities and Tip Passes
The City operates two waste facilities - one in Busselton and one in Dunsborough.
Top Tip
Most waste items can be taken to either of the City’s waste facilities. 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 (limits apply). The types of waste and associated fees are listed below:
Recyclable Material - Free of Charge
These items are FREE to recycle except in commercial quantities.
- Scrap Metal (includes car and truck bodies, microwaves, roofing iron, star pickets) and white goods (*limit of 2, proof of residency/ratepayer required).
- Electronic Waste (includes monitors, towers, televisions, keyboards, printers, fax/CD/DVD/VHS machines, photocopiers)
- Printer cartridges (Brother, Canon, Cartridge World, Epson, HP, Kyocera)
- Glass bottles and jars *
- Aluminium and steel cans *
- Plastic bottles and containers *
- Flat cardboard and paper (not shredded)
- Car batteries
- Gas bottles
- Used motor oil (containers up to 20L)
- Household batteries (includes phone, camera, power drill, smoke alarm batteries)
- Household chemicals
- Paint
- Cooking oil (containers up to 20L)
- Fire extinguishers
- Boat flares and EPIRBs
- Fluorescent lights (tubes)
- Compact fluorescent lamp globes (CFLs)
- Aerosol cans
*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
Please note, for white goods (e.g. fridges, freezers), mattresses and couches/sofas/sofa chairs, proof of residency or ratepayer status is required, and disposal limits apply.
Acceptable forms of proof can include: driver's licence, rates notice or utility bills.
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 Operating Hours
Address: 39 Rendezvous Road, Vasse WA 6280
Phone: 0408 933 441
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Open: 7.30am - 3.30pm: Monday to Sunday (as of 1 July 2025).
7.30am - 12 noon: Last Tuesday of every month (29 July, 26 August, 30 September, 28 October, November date to be confirmed, 30 December)
Closed: Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday.
12 noon - 3.30pm: Last Tuesday of every month (29 July, 26 August, 30 September, 28 October, November date to be confirmed, 30 December)
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Dunsborough Waste Facility
The Dunsborough Waste Facility (DWF) is the City of Busselton’s primary waste disposal site with a fully lined Class II landfill cell, an appropriate liquid waste facility, a solid waste depot for storing and sorting material, as well as a certified weighbridge. The Waste Facility accepts a variety of recyclable materials (such as lead-acid batteries, e-waste, cardboard and certain plastics), bricks, concrete and rubble, green waste, general waste, certain types of liquid waste, household hazardous waste and Asbestos Containing Material (ACM).
Asbestos Containing Material is only accepted at the Dunsborough Waste Facility and by appointment only.
Regulations state that ACM must be labelled ‘CAUTION ASBESTOS’ in lettering not less than 50mm high; and be double-lined or double-bagged in heavy duty plastic at least 2mm thick.
Acceptable loads of ACM determined at the sole discretion of the Dunsborough Waste Facility staff.
Please call 0417 179 596 at least 2 hours prior to drop off to make an appointment or to discuss the disposal of large quantities with the site’s Leading Hand.
Mulch
The Dunsborough Waste Facility also provides mulch FREE to residents (limits apply).
Recyclable Material - Free of Charge
These items are FREE to recycle except in commercial quantities.
- Scrap Metal (includes car and truck bodies, microwaves, roofing iron, star pickets) and white goods (*limit of 2, proof of residency/ratepayer required).
- Electronic Waste (includes monitors, towers, televisions, keyboards, printers, fax/CD/DVD/VHS machines, photocopiers)
- Printer cartridges (Brother, Canon, Cartridge World, Epson, HP, Kyocera)
- Glass bottles and jars *
- Aluminium and steel cans *
- Plastic bottles and containers *
- Flat cardboard and paper (not shredded)
- Car batteries
- Gas bottles
- Used motor oil (containers up to 20L)
- Household batteries (includes phone, camera, power drill, smoke alarm batteries)
- Household chemicals
- Paint
- Cooking oil (containers up to 20L)
- Fire extinguishers
- Boat flares and EPIRBs
- Fluorescent lights (tubes)
- Compact fluorescent lamp globes (CFLs)
- Aerosol cans
*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
Please note, for white goods (e.g. fridges, freezers), mattresses and couches/sofas/sofa chairs, proof of residency or ratepayer status is required, and disposal limits apply.
Acceptable forms of proof can include: driver's licence, rates notice or utility bills.
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 Operating Hours
Address: 48 Western Cape Drive, Naturaliste WA 6281
Phone: 0417 179 596
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Open: 7.30am - 3.30pm: Monday to Sunday (as of 1 July 2025).
7.30am - 12 noon: Last Tuesday of every month (29 July, 26 August, 30 September, 28 October, November date to be confirmed, 30 December)
Closed: Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday.
12 noon - 3.30pm: Last Tuesday of every month (29 July, 26 August, 30 September, 28 October, November date to be confirmed, 30 December).
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Tip Passes
Tip passes are issued yearly with City of Busselton Rates notices and are valid until 30 September the following year.
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. For new residents, passes are mailed out on a case-by-case basis.
Non-residents are permitted to utilise both the Busselton and Dunsborough waste facilities (fees would apply).
This year’s tip passes were attached to the 2024/25 annual rates notice. If your notice was delivered electronically, please print the Rates notice with the Tip Pass section for presentation. Passes used will be stamped at the facility.
Tip barcodes are no longer acceptable on phones. Paper forms from the rates notice must be used.
If a pass is not presented fees will apply as shown on signage at the entry to the facilities or as outlined above.
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. Commerical waste is only accepted at the Dunsborough Waste Facility.
For seniors who present a Seniors Card, the disposal of Green Waste at either facility is free.
A-Z Waste and Recycling Guide