Bulk verge collections

Is it too good to go in the bin? Then it’s too good for a verge collection.
There are plenty of services or groups that can help fix or pass on your items to be reused, such as:

• Repair Cafes
• Garage Sale Trail
• Gumtree
• Facebook Marketplace
• Buy Nothing Facebook groups
• Recycling Centre – Bullsbrook Reuse Shop.

Gifted items must be clean and not broken or stained because charities can’t fix broken items or wash clothes. A good rule is to ask yourself if you’d give it to a friend. To be sure, check out this handy A-Z guide.


Great organisations to donate to include:

• Bicycles for Humanity, which accepts donated bicycles
• Rebel Sport, which accepts sports shoes for recycling
• Sheridan, which accepts quilt covers, sheets and towels via in-store collection bins (some incentives may apply)
• Priceline Pharmacy, which recycles empty makeup containers
• H&M, which accepts unwanted clothing for reuse or recycling (some incentives may apply)
• Totally Workwear, which runs a boot recycling program.

Charities that offer home collection services for larger items

• Vinnies
• Good Sammy
• Salvos Stores.

Acceptable items

What is accepted

General bulk waste Toys (no batteries) Carpet and linoleum Fencing materials (wood only) Wood (not garden waste) Furniture (no glass) Mattress bases Flower pots Chemically treated/painted/stained timber. E-waste (batteries removed) Computers, monitors, printers, keyboards, mice, joysticks, cables, etc Televisions and peripherals, sound systems and entertainment systems   Lighting and fans  . Small electrical appliances (toasters, power drills, vacuums) Metal  Metal furniture (no glass) Bicycles Fencing materials (steel only) Gates Poultry webbing Refrigerators Stoves Freezers Clothes dryers Air conditioners Washing machines Dishwashers BBQs (not gas bottles).

Unacceptable items

Items that are not accepted can be taken to Red Hill Waste Management Facility or find your nearest drop-off point: www.recycleright.wa.gov.au/find-my-nearest/

What is not accepted

Items longer than 1.5m Household waste (food, nappies etc) Paint Vehicles, car bodies and car parts Tyres Batteries Asbestos products Flammable liquids Building materials Bricks, rubble and concrete Glass panels (e.g. tabletops, windowpanes) Gas bottles Super Six or fibre cement sheets  Hazardous material Butane gas cannisters Anything included as part of a green waste collection Mattresses will only be collected if they are pre-booked.

Green waste

Accepted	Not accepted
Organic garden waste Tree branches Twigs	Items larger than 1.5m long or 300mm wide Organic food material  Plastic bags Large tree stumps (must be cut into smaller pieces) Rocks, bricks and rubble Dirt, soil and sand Household waste (food, nappies etc) Building materials Lawn turf Grass clippings  Asbestos products Plastic and ceramic pots Anything included as part of household waste collection.

Items can be set out up to 48 hours before the collection date. Sort your items correctly so they can be recovered and not sent to landfill:

• Put your items out by 6am the day of your collection
• Do not put items out more than two days before your collection, as this could result in an infringement
• Place items on your front verge, side verge or in a laneway (we do not collect from vacant blocks, parks or reserves). Please specify the correct location on booking form
• Do not place waste inside your property boundary as our collection team cannot enter private property to collect items
• Do not obstruct the footpath, your normal bin service or the line of sight for motorists 
• We will not collect items placed against walls, water mains, Telstra boxes, power boxes or domes, fences, poles, trees, low-hanging branches, sprinklers, utilities, cars or letterboxes
• Place your bulk pile at least one meter away from any obstructions 
• Ensure that your pile is no larger than three cubic metres in size (3m x 1m x 1m)
• Do not leave items not intended for bulk collection on the verge
• Separate materials into piles according to its type e.g. garden organics, mattresses, metal, e-waste and general waste.

Once you’ve explored options to repair, donate or rehome your items, you can book your verge collection.

When completing your booking, you must select the correct item types for collection. Items that are not booked correctly may not be collected.

Note: Rural properties are not eligible for the pre-booked verge collection service and are issued annual Disposal Passes instead. Rural residents can still pre-book up to three mattresses for collection.

Up to three mattresses can be collected each financial year. These could be arranged as one collection (with three mattresses collected at once) or over multiple collections (up to three).

Mattress collections do not count towards your two domestic bulk verge collections. However, you will also need to arrange a domestic bulk verge collection if you need us to collect a bedframe or mattress base.

You can change your booking online using the link below up to eight days before your scheduled collection.

To cancel your booking or if you have questions, please contact us.

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