Many items can be recycled through your kerbside recycling bin or through your local recycling facility. Visit Waste Sorted, Be a GREAT Sort to find out more.
Keep it simple by recycling just these 5 items: paper, cardboard, cans, hard plastic and glass.
Plastic bottles, glass jars, tins and cans
Rinsed and dried
Lids removed
Any lids larger than your palm can be placed in the recycling bin
Small lids cannot go into your recycling bin and should be placed in your general waste bin
Cardboard and paper
Clean and flattened
Sticky tape is fine but no greasy pizza boxes
Milk, juice and custard containers
Excluding UHT/silver lined containers. These must go into your general waste bin unless eligible for containers for change.
Paper and cardboard larger than the size of your palm
Hard Plastic
Any hard/rigid plastic containers and bottles that you can't scrunch into a ball.
Hard plastic toys
cannot go into your recycling bin and must be placed in your general waste bin (or if good condition, consider having a toy swap with friends).
Other items
Aluminium trays and foil wrappers
Rinsed and dried
Scrunch aluminium foil into a ball the size of your fist
If in doubt, leave it out. To find out if an item can be recycled, visit A-Z Waste Guide. When you recycle your items, ensure they are:
Loose, not in bags
Clean and free from food residue
Lids are off
Once items are collected, separated and processed, they become valuable materials that can be used to produce new products. Aluminium cans can become cars, glass can be used in road-base, plastic bottles can become insulation etc.
Recycling Hubs are located throughout the City of Armadale, accepting items such as household batteries, printer cartridges, aerosol cans and light globes. To find out more information on these hubs, their locations and what you can recycle, visit our Recycling Hubs page.
Drink containers currently make up to 44% of all litter in Western Australia, even though they are made from easily recyclable materials such as glass, plastic, aluminium and cardboard. Containers for Change is Western Australia’s container deposit scheme that encourages Western Australians to collect and return eligible containers to designated refund points to receive a 10c refund per item. Container for Change also provides an exciting fundraising opportunity for schools, local sports clubs, community groups, charities and worthwhile causes. For more information about the scheme, what containers are eligible and to find a refund point nearest to you visit Containers for Change.
The City offers workshops and sustainable living programs throughout the year to reduce waste and increase recycling. Find out what events are scheduled by visiting the What's on page.
The City supports learning through local schools. Find out what programs we support by visiting At School page. Not sure on how to recycle an item? Visit A to Z Waste Guide - customised to the local area.
For more information on recycling call Waste Services on 9394 5124 or email our team.