238 Balcatta Road, Balcatta

Opening hours:
Monday to Sunday 7.30am - 4.00pm
(Closed Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday)

The Recycling Centre is provided for the convenience of City of Stirling residents to dispose of recyclables and reusable items, household hazardous waste, and general waste.

How to pay less and recycle more
Paying to dispose of waste can be avoided or greatly reduced by following the steps listed below:

Utilise your tip pass
Separate and drop off your recyclables and re-usable items for free at the Recycling Centre before proceeding to the weigh bridge .

Tip pass
Your annual tip pass is redeemable at the Recycling Centre Balcatta, click here for details.

Recycling and reuse area
A free recycling drop off area is present on entry to the Recycling Centre Balcatta. Here you can drop off a variety of materials for recycling, please see the list below:

• Scrap Metals
• Steel cans
• Aluminium cans
• Mixed plastics
• Dry cardboard and paper
• Glass bottles and jars

Unwanted household items in good condition can also be dropped off for free (at the discretion of the recycling attendant). Such items can include:

• Clothing
• Household goods
• Furniture
• Appliances
• Bicycles
• Selected landscaping items

The above items can also be purchased at the Recycling Centre for nominal prices. Remember, one person's trash is another person's treasure.

Household hazardous waste shed
Residents have free access to drop off household hazardous waste (a fee is charged only for asbestos cement - see below).

Household hazardous waste can pose serious environmental and personal health risks if not disposed of properly. Please dispose of the following items at the Household hazardous waste shed at the Recycling Centre Balcatta:

• Paints
• Pesticides
• Herbicides
• Household cleaners
• Motor oil
• Pool chemicals
• Car batteries
• Household batteries
• Fluorescent tubes/lamps
• Sharps (needles)
• Electronic waste i.e. televisions, computers and accessories

Please note a maximum of 20 litres or 20kg, or a combination of liquids and solids of up 20kg/litres can be dropped off each day.

Asbestos Cement
Asbestos cement poses a serious danger to personal health and should only be disposed of at the Recycling Centre Balcatta.

Please tightly wrap individual sheets of asbestos in durable plastic before taking to the Recycling Centre.
NO broken pieces or bags of broken pieces of Asbestos will be accepted.
A maximum of three sheets can be dropped off each day, with a charge of $1.00 per sheet for rate payers and $2.00 a sheet for non rate payers.
This charge applies to cover contractor fees for operating this disposal point. 
NO commercial quantities of Asbestos will be accepted

Disposal of mixed waste, construction and garden waste
Please proceed to the weighbridge if you have mixed waste, construction waste or green waste in your vehicle. Before proceeding to the weighbridge with non-garden waste, please take the opportunity to drive through the recycling and reuse area to drop off recyclable/reusable items, and leave hazardous items at the Household hazardous waste shed.

A fee applies to dispose of the following:

• Mixed waste (e.g loads consisting of a mixture of waste including: Metals, plastics, glass, cardboard, household junk items, green waste, Super 6 fencing, wood, ceramic tiles and mixed construction waste).
• Construction waste (e.g sand, soil (no grass), bricks, concrete, clay roof tiles, clay drainage pipes)
• If the load has been inspected and the operator cannot determine if it is super six or asbestos, it is the responsibility of the owner/driver to remove the load from site.
• The above waste is disposed of at landfill. A fee applies to this waste to cover transport, State Government landfill levy and disposal costs.

A discounted fee applies to:

• Clean Green Garden waste
• This must be free of contamination such as plastic, paper, or metal to enable it to be made into mulch by various contractors. A discounted fee applies as the City has to pay for transport and processing by contractors.

Car tyre disposal
A separate fee is charged for the disposal of car tyres. A fee applies of $8.00 per tyre (an extra fee applies if the tyre is mounted on a wheel), with a maximum limit of four tyres to be dropped off per day.

Contractors are currently storing tyres, awaiting a recycling breakthrough. A disposal fee applies to cover contractor costs.

Mattress Recycling
Australians send over 1.25 million mattresses to landfill each year, the City has now commenced a recycling program to divert mattresses from landfill.

A fee of $15.00 per mattress now applies when taken over the weigh bridge, mattresses are then stored in a seperate area near the disposal wall for transportation to the Hazelmere Recycling Centre. This disposal fee applies to cover recycling costs only.

All materials in the mattress are recycled, timber into reusable woodchips, springs to scrap steel and foam/wadding into carpet underlay.

Alternatively residents/customers can recycle mattresses directly with the Hazelmere Recycling Centre, similarly a fee of $15 will apply call 9274 7807 for details.

Further information on the benefits of recycling mattresses see related information

For further information on any of the above services please contact the City on 9345 8555.