Find out when your next verge collection date is for green waste and household junk in the City of Stirling. This page also contains the bulk waste collection guidelines and information.
Verge collection days and rules
The City of Stirling provides four (4) verge collections each year, comprising of two household junk collections and two green waste collections.
Important notes:
- Green waste and household junk must only be placed on your verge during the respective collections.
- Please do not start putting items on the verge until you have received a verge waste collection brochure in the mail. Instruction brochures are circulated to households approximately two (2) weeks prior to each collection, giving residents two weekends to prepare.
- Placing items on your verge early or late is considered illegal dumping and is subject to heavy fines (up to $62,500).
- Do not place any junk on Park or Reserve verges as this is illegal dumping and heavy fines also apply.
- Do not place materials on the verge that will obstruct footpaths and driveways, overhang on the road or obstruct the view from the driveway.
- Keep all materials clear of fences, water metres, sprinklers and any fixed objects
- Comply with the instructions contained in the brochures.
- Avoid leaving old child restraints on the verge to ensure child safety they can be dropped off at the City of Stirling Administration Building for recycling.
Mattresses and bed bases
Mattresses and bed bases will not be collected.
All mattresses and bed bases are to be recycled at the Recycling Centre Balcatta.
For more information refer to the Recycling Centre Balcatta web page.
What happens to the collected waste?
As a sustainable city, the City of Stirling aims to minimise the amount of waste sent to landfill.
The various plastics, scrap metal and cardboard from the household junk collection is recycled subject to available resources and markets.
All the green waste is shredded and used to make horticultural products such as mulch and compost. When recycling garden waste by mulching or composting, the carbon is returned to the soil and locked away until bacteria and plants consume it as part of the carbon cycle.