Disposal of Hazardous Waste

The City of Melville provides all residents with a 240 litre Mobile Garbage Bin (MGB) for collecting household waste on a weekly basis. Currently there are approximately 36,000 bins in circulation for use by residents.

A modern fleet of Single Man Automated Rubbish Trucks (S.M.A.R.T.) empties the bins and the household waste is disposed of at the City of Cockburn Landfill site in Rockingham Road, Henderson. A secondary waste treatment system converts organic waste into a reusable compost.

Hazardous household waste (hhw), construction & demolition waste (c&d), asbestos & general waste should be taken to your nearest disposal site.

(Please contact the disposal site for fees payable)

• Hazardous household waste (No charge for household quantities).  Such as paint, oil, chemicals, pesticides, insecticides, fuel, light globes containing mercury etc.
• NOTE:  Fluorescent light globes and any other non recyclable glass must not be placed in Household Recycling Bin.

• Asbestos products (Fee payable).
  - All asbestos must be wrapped in plastic film.
  - Only small domestic quantities accepted at Canning (City of Canning residents only) & Cockburn.

• General waste (Fee Payable).