Waste and Recycling - Frequently asked questions

Yes, bins are collected on public holidays, except:

• New Year's Day
• Good Friday
• Christmas Day

Waste and recycling bins usually due for collection on New Year's Day, Good Friday and Christmas Day will be emptied the following day.

Additional weekly recycling bin collections will run during Christmas week and the week beforehand.

Each financial year the City provides one general junk collection and two green waste collections.

Find your verge collection dates using our online tool, or by calling the City on 9397 3000. 

The online tool will also provide information about the progress of the verge collections in your area. Check this website for updates regarding verge collections throughout the year. 

Visit general junk and green waste verge collections for more information and guidelines on what will and won't be collected by the City. Please remember to be courteous to your neighbours and do not put your items out for collection more than seven days prior. 

Domestic quantities of flammable liquids, petrol, paints, acids, chemicals, poisons and gas cylinders can be disposed of for free at the following Household Hazardous Waste Disposal locations. 

For more information and options, refer to the section onHousehold Hazardous Waste.

The City does not issue tip passes.

For alternative waste disposal sites, contact the following sites for information on waste disposal and costs:

• Resource Recovery Group
• City of Armadale landfill site
• City of Canning waste transfer station

For alternative waste disposal sites, visit recycling near you.

Please request a replacement bin via our online form if your rubbish or recycling bin:

• is missing
• damaged with a split from normal wear and tear
• needs repair due to a missing lid, a wheel fallen off or has missing lid hinge pins

A member of City staff will be in contact. 

All rateable residential properties within the city are provided with a red or grey-lidded 240 litre rubbish bin and a yellow-lidded 240 litre recycling bin. The City is only able to process requests from the property owner or managing agent. 

Replacement bins: Order a new rubbish or recycling bin

Online Form: Report a missed bin collection

View the missed bin guidelines which provides more information about why your bin may have been missed.

You can help to reduce litter by becoming a Keep Australia Beautiful WA Litter Reporter.

If you see someone littering, report the offence online or via an Apple or Android app.

Register / more information: Keep Australia Beautiful

Eight local governments, including the City of Gosnells, have agreed to supply up to 400,000 tonnes of waste each year to a new waste-to-energy plant in Kwinana. The plant will receive your household waste that would otherwise have been sent to landfill.

Waste to Energy is the process of converting waste products into a form of energy such as heat or steam  which can then be  converted into products such as electricity.

When commissioned later this year, the plant run by ACCIONA will provide a practical solution to two big community challenges:

• Disposing of significant quantities of household rubbish
• Providing additional secure and uninterrupted renewable energy

ACCIONA will use world-class technology to process 400,000 tonnes per year of household waste, significantly reducing CO2 emissions and delivering 36MW of baseload electricity to the grid.  These outcomes are the equivalent of taking 85,000 cars off Perth’s roads and powering 50,000 Perth households every year.

Waste to Energy has the added benefit of being complimentary to recycling, and does not require large behaviour change to be successful. One of the driving factors behind the City's decision to adopt Waste to Energy is the ease of implementation for residents.