Waste Services
2024/2025 CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR ADDITIONAL WASTE BIN SERVICE & DATE CHANGES –
FOGO | RECYCLING | GENERAL WASTE
The Town of Bassendean is again providing additional bin collections over the festive season.
From the 23 December through to the 4 January, residents can put out all three bins each week: FOGO, Recycling and General Waste.
As waste will not be collected on Christmas Day or New Years Day, bins will be collected a day later than usual:
- Bins due for collection from 25 to 27 December will be collected a day later (from 26 to 28 December).
- Bins due for collection from 1 to 3 January will be collected a day later (from 2 to 4 January).
In areas where bins are usually collected on Fridays, they will be collected on Saturday.
If your usual collection day is:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024, bins will be collected on Thursday 26 December 2024.
- Thursday 26 December 2024, bins will be collected on Friday 27 December 2024.
- Friday 27 December 2024, bins will be collected on Saturday 28 December 2024.
- Wednesday 1 January 2025, bins will be collected on Thursday 2 January 2025.
- Thursday January 2025, bins will be collected on Friday 3 January 2025.
- Friday 3 January 2025, bins will be collected on Saturday 4 January 2025.
For questions about bins, skip bins, or waste collection, please contact Veolia at 9350 7195 (excluding public holidays).
Red Hill Waste Management Facility is closed Christmas Day and New Years Day. Baywaste Community Recycling Centre is closed on the public holidays. Learn more about waste facility opening hours.
You can look up which bin is picked up when by downloading the Waste & Recycling Guide (pdf) below.
or register to receive phone alert reminders, by downloading the Perth based, Recycle Right WA app https://recycleright.wa.gov.au/
Waste Plan
The Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030 (Waste Strategy) includes a headline strategy to "implement local government waste plans, which align local government waste planning processes with the Waste Strategy".
The Town has developed a Waste Plan to govern the management of the Town's waste from 2018 - 2023, with the aim of reducing waste generation per capita by 10% by 2030 and to increase material recovery to 70% by 2030.
For the full version of the Local Government Waste Plan that was approved by Council see below. Please note that due to the large file size the Full Version is best viewed on larger screens. A condensed version has also been created for more accessible viewing.
FULL VERSION - Local Government Waste Plan
CONDENSED - Local Government Waste Plan
Three Bin System and Waste and Recycling Guide
For further information on FOGO, Recycling and General Waste bins please refer to Three Bin System » Town of Bassendean
Need to know what bin to put out? Head over to our Find Your Bin Collection Day page to find out.
The Waste and Recycling Guide includes all the information you may need to know about waste services including the kerbside bin collection calendar. The guide includes information on Booked Skip Bin and Bulk Item Collection, Tip Vouchers, FOGO liner roll vouchers. Free Drop-Off Items, Subsidies and Rebates, Household Hazardous Waste, A-Z list for recycling and disposal of household waste and links to nearby drop off points.
2024/2025 Waste and Recycling Guide
Compassionate Waste Services
A person may apply for increased bin capacity on compassionate grounds such as a medical condition which increases the quantity of waste produced or which makes correct sorting difficult.
A large family is not considered a reason for a compassionate service.
Applications for compassionate services are required to be supported by a medical professional or reasonable evidence of medical condition.
Compassionate Waste Services - Information and Application Form