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Wangara Greens Recycling Facility

The Wangara Greens Recycling Facility accepts clean greens from the public and creates mulch for resale. 100% of the garden organics are recovered, with no residual waste going to landfill.

Greenwaste

Access to the site is free with a valid 'Greenwaste Tipping Voucher'. 

  • Four Greenwaste Tipping Vouchers are included with your annual rates notice. From 2021/2022 these vouchers have changed to a smarter and more efficient digital process, and will be scanned and recorded upon use via a QR code.
    While there is no need to tear out individual vouchers anymore, please continue to present your vouchers for scanning either in print or through your mobile device. Please ensure any printed vouchers are not damaged and the QR code is legible.
  • Tenants can contact their landlord or property manager to obtain their vouchers.
  • Each voucher allows the disposal of a standard 6x4 trailer-load of clean greens at no charge, at the Wangara Greens Recycling Facility only.

If you have any further queries about the vouchers, please see our FAQ page.

Entry fees without a valid Greenwaste Tipping Voucher

  • $23 for a car
  • $39 for a ute
  • $39 for a car and trailer up to half a tonne
  • Trucks - $100.50 per tonne

Cash and EFTPOS are accepted

Restrictions

  • Any contaminated loads will be refused upon inspection at entry.
  • No boxes or bags of waste.
  • Containers, boxes or bags of green waste must be emptied and removed from the site. 
  • No sand, soil, rocks, building materials, bricks or turf.
  • No processed timber, sleepers or bamboo screens.
  • Branches no longer than 1.5 metres.
  • No large tree stumps (guideline is that a stump must be lifted by two people to shoulder height).

Purchase of mulch (shredded green waste)

Mulching your garden lowers evaporation and water requirements, aids water dispersal and can help to reduce weeds.

  • Two free mulch vouchers are included with your annual rates notice. From 2021/2022 these vouchers have changed to a smarter and more efficient digital process, and will be scanned and recorded upon use via a QR code.
    While there is no need to tear out individual vouchers anymore, please continue to present your vouchers for scanning either in print or through your mobile device. Please ensure any printed vouchers are not damaged and the QR code is legible.
  • You can purchase mulch without a valid mulch voucher - $36 per cubic metre.

Compost

You can purchase bags of compost for $5.75 each, or 6 bags free with a voucher.

If you have further queries about the vouchers, please see our FAQ page.

Note: all trailer loads must be tarped when travelling.

Recycling drop-off

A free recycling pass is included with your annual rates notice. This voucher can be used an unlimited amount of times throughout the year and should be presented to the attendant when dropping off recyclables.
While there is no need to tear out individual vouchers anymore, please continue to present your vouchers for scanning either in print or through your mobile device. Please ensure any printed vouchers are not damaged and the QR code is legible.

The following items can be dropped off, free of charge, on weekends and public holidays:

  • Batteries (household and car)
  • CFL (compact fluorescent light) globes
  • Bulk cardboard
  • Used motor oil
  • Mobile phones
  • Printer ink cartridges
  • Plastic bottle lids
  • Polystyrene (City of Wanneroo residents only)*
  • Scrap metal**

Type of polystyrene accepted

Accepted

Bulky white expanded polystyrene packaging (coded EPS, PS or code 6), such as those used when packaging appliances or in packing boxes. Please remove tape, plastic and other contaminants, and ensure the material is clean and dry.

Not accepted

  • Take away containers
  • Meat trays
  • Coffee cups
  • Beanbag beads
  • Construction insulation
  • Polyethylene foam
  • Packing peanuts/popcorn
  • Pool noodles
  • Any other type of expanded plastic

 

Type of scrap metal accepted

Accepted

  • Steel/aluminium cans
  • Fence/roof sheeting
  • Car rims (without tyres)
  • Old hot water systems
  • Domestic pots and pans
  • Steel/aluminium furniture
  • White goods (except fridges)
  • Steel pipes

Not accepted

  • Fridges
  • Gas bottles
  • Fire extinguishers

 

Check our Waste Disposal Guide for any items you are unsure of.

Commercial contractors and residents

Commercial organisations accessing the Wangara Greens Recycling Facility to dispose of green waste using residents tipping vouchers will no longer be accepted, unless:

They attend the site with a letter from the resident advising the staff at Wangara Greens Recycling Centre that they are disposing of the green waste on behalf of the resident. The letter must clearly detail:

  • The residents name and address 
  • It must have the residents Rates Assessment Number (this can be found on the rates notice) and 
  • It must be signed by the resident.

Unless the letter features all of the above, the Contractor will need to pay the relevant gate fee or be turned away.

Address: 70 Motivation Drive, Wangara
Opening Hours: 8.00am - 4.45pm weekends & public holidays.
Closed: Weekdays, Good Friday, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.