Bicycles Blister / medicine packs (empty) Find a local drop off point through
Pharmacycle or contact your local pharmacy to find out if they accept drop-offs of blister packs.
Bottle Top Hill accept household amounts of blister packs and charge an at-cost fee based on weight.
If your blister packs still contain medicine inside them, they can be dropped off to participating stores as part of the
Return Unwanted Medicines (RUM) program.
Bottle Top Hill collects clean plastic drink bottle lids, plastic bread tags and plastic beer can holders/clips, as well as batteries, printer cartridges, light bulbs and mobile phones / small e-waste.
Bottle tops from eligible containers are also accepted at
Containers For Change refund points.
Bottle tops are also accepted at the
Ranford Road Transfer Station in Canning Vale.
Cardboard (bulk, clean) Clean and dry cardboard can be dropped off directly to the
Ranford Road Transfer Station in Canning Vale - where our recycling is taken for sorting.
Containers for Change is a state-wide container deposit scheme where you can cash in eligible containers for 10 cents each. They must be in appropriate condition and deposited at approved refund points.
Find a refund point near youExpired or unwanted medicines (perscription, over-the-counter and supplements) can be taken to pharmacies participating in the Return Unwanted Medicines program. They do not need to be removed from blister packs. Call your local pharmacy to check if they collect them.
For more information, visit the
Return Unwanted Medicines website.
Select Supercheap Auto stores recycle motor oil. Follow the steps and drop off to
participating stores.
Contact your local pharmacy or health service to find out if they do accept used needles and syringes.
Read more about the Needle and Syringe Program.
- Piney Lakes Community Garden collect plastic plant pots, seedling trays and plant labels for recycling at their open days.
- LabelDrop collects and recycles plastic plant labels, plastic pot wraps and plastic plant stakes displaying the PP5 logo.
White polystyrene packaging blocks can be dropped off to the Ranford Road Transfer Station, Canning Vale.
You can also contact CLAW Environmental to recycle the following:
- HDPE 2 (High Density Polyethylene) bins, bottles, drums, IBC’s, pallets and pipe
- PP 5 (Polypropylene) crates, plant pots, storage containers, tubs, buckets, bottle lids and corflute
- EPS 6 (expanded polystyrene) electronic and white goods packaging, eskies, boxes and insulation
- Chemical drumMUSTER containers
Scrap metal can be taken to most scrappers around Perth. You can also drop off scrap metal to the
Ranford Road Transfer Station, Canning Vale.
www.peels.app connects folks with food scraps to those who compost. It’s a free, non-commercial, community project.
Shoes, textiles, homewares and sports equipment Clothing, shoes and homewares (in good condition) can be listed on online marketplaces like
Facebook Marketplace or
Buy Nothing groups. Alternatively:
- Have them repaired for free at a Repair Lab event or learn how to mend and remake clothes with our Social Textiles group. Search our events calendar for upcoming sessions.
- Find op shops
- Find charity bins
- Tread Lightly is a national recycling initiative that takes unwanted sport and active lifestyle footwear and responsibly recycles it to give it new life in the form of gym mats, floors and playgrounds.
- Perth Community Clothing Wholesaler, UPPAREL and H&M accept clean unwanted textiles to either pass on to charity, upcycle or recycle into new materials.
- Old bedding and towels can be donated to your local animal shelter or pound for reuse, or recycled via Sheridan's Recycling Program.
- Fair Game accepts unwanted sports equipment in good, clean, useable condition, such as balls, boots/sneakers, shin pads, bats, mitts, gloves, cones, hula hoops and sports bags. You can find a Fair Game donation bin at LeisureFit Melville, LeisureFit Booragoon.
Terracycle and
Banish offer programs for difficult to recycle items, such as oral care products, beauty products, medication packaging, coffee capsules, writing instruments and more.
X-rays X-rays contain metals which can be recycled (but not in your kerbside bin).
Search online for a private recycler or speak to your radiologist or clinic about returning your unwanted X-rays. If they will not accept them, we may accept them at our periodic E-waste Drop Off Days. Check the details in the event description. Find the event on our
What's On page.