Western Australia council waste
Pick your council for its bin lid colours, hard rubbish process and green waste service, verified from the official waste page. Not sure which council you are in? Search your postcode on the home page.
- Western Australia
City of Armadale
Two-bin system: a general rubbish bin (dark-green or red lid) and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected on the same day, with recycling collected fortnightly. Bins out by 6am and put away by the end of the collection day; maximum 70kg per bin.
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City of Bayswater
Three-bin FOGO system: a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a lime-green-lid FOGO bin for food organics and garden organics collected weekly.
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City of Belmont
Three-bin FOGO system rolled out from early 2024: a general waste bin, a recycling bin, and a lime-green-lid Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) bin. Bins out by 6am with wheels nearest the house.
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City of Bunbury
Three-bin FOGO system: a red-lid general waste bin collected fortnightly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a lime-green-lid FOGO bin collected weekly. Two bins go out each week, alternating FOGO and recycling one week with FOGO and general waste the next.
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City of Canning
Two-bin system: a general waste bin (green or red lid) collected weekly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly. Recycling must be loose, clean and empty, not bagged. Bins out by 6am, wheels toward the house and at least half a metre apart.
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City of Cockburn
Three-bin FOGO system: a lime-green-lid FOGO bin for food organics and garden organics with Council-supplied compostable liners, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a red-lid general waste bin. The FOGO bin is collected weekly and the recycling and general waste bins on alternating fortnights.
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City of Fremantle
Three-bin FOGO system: a lime-green-lid FOGO bin for food organics and garden organics, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a smaller red-lid general waste bin. Some properties remain on an older two-bin system with a 240L dark-green general waste bin collected weekly and a yellow recycling bin.
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City of Gosnells
Two-bin system: a general waste bin (grey or red lid) emptied weekly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin emptied every two weeks. Bins on the verge by 6am on collection day.
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City of Joondalup
Weekly general waste collection (to Tamala Park landfill), fortnightly recycling (240L or 360L) and fortnightly garden organics collection.
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City of Kalamunda
Three-bin FOGO system introduced in September and October 2024: a 140L red-lid general waste bin collected fortnightly, a yellow-lid recycling bin, and a lime-green-lid FOGO bin collected weekly for food scraps and garden organics.
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City of Kwinana
Three-bin system: a 140L red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin (upgradable to 360L at no cost), and a 240L lime-green-lid Garden Organics (GO) bin, with the GO and recycling bins collected on alternating weeks. Properties over 350sqm receive a GO bin automatically; smaller properties can opt in free.
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City of Mandurah
Two-bin system: a green-lid general waste bin collected weekly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly. Mandurah reviewed introducing a third FOGO bin in 2017 but did not proceed, citing cost to ratepayers.
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City of Melville
Three-bin FOGO system: a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly (alternating with general waste), and a lime-green-lid FOGO bin for food organics and garden organics collected weekly. Residents receive a kitchen caddy for food scraps.
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City of Rockingham
Three-bin FOGO system: a green-lid FOGO bin collected weekly, and a red-lid general waste bin and yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly. Bins out by 6am, wheels toward the house, each weighing no more than 70kg.
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City of Stirling
Three-bin system: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a lime-green-lid garden organics bin collected fortnightly on alternate weeks. The City has decided not to introduce a FOGO food organics service at this time.
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City of Swan
Three-bin FOGO system rolling out through early 2026: a 140L red-lid general waste bin, a 240L lime-green-lid FOGO bin collected weekly, and a 360L yellow-lid recycling bin, with a kitchen caddy supplied. The red general waste and yellow recycling bins are collected on alternate fortnights.
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City of Wanneroo
Once-a-week general waste collection and fortnightly recycling and garden organics collections.
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Waste guides for Western Australia
Plain explainers on hard rubbish, FOGO, the purple glass bin and cutting your waste costs, grounded in real Australian councils.
- Which bin master guide
What bin does it go in? The complete Australian guide
The colour code, the tricky items, and the one rule that beats wishcycling.
Read guide - Hard rubbish explained
How council hard rubbish collection works in Australia
Booked versus scheduled, what is accepted, and the overflow options when you miss the window.
Read guide - FOGO guide
FOGO explained: what the food and garden organics bin is for
Food scraps in the green bin: what goes in, and which real councils run it.
Read guide - Purple glass bin
The purple glass bin rollout: what changes and when
The four bin transition, why glass is split out, and which councils already have purple.
Read guide - Save on waste
How to cut your household waste costs
Free council allowances, bin right sizing, tip runs and shared skips, without the guesswork.
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