Waste Management Facilities
Refuse Disposal Sites
Mount Barker Landfill Site
is on O'Neill Road, Mount Barker just south of the Mount Barker Golf Club off Albany Highway.
Kamballup Landfill Site
is near the hall on Woogenellup Road , 600 metres from Chester Pass Road.
Kendenup Landfill Site
is approximately 3kms along Lake Matilda Road, Kendenup.
Porongurup Transfer Station
is approximately 500 metres along Surrey Downs Road, Porongurup.
Site Opening Hours
Mount Barker Landfill Site
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 1.00pm - 5.00pm
Wednesday and Friday 8.00am - 12.00noon
Sunday 10.00am - 6.00pm
Kamballup Landfill Site
Friday 1.00pm - 5.00pm
Kendenup Landfill Site
Location: Lake Matilda Road , Kendenup
Tuesday, Thursday 12 noon - 4.00pm
Saturday 12 noon - 4.00pm
Sunday 10.00am to 4.00pm
Porongurup Transfer Station
Monday and Saturday 8.00am - 5.00pm
Thursday 8.00am - 12.00noon
Waste Collection Services
Mount Barker
Household rubbish is collected weekly each Thursday
Commercial rubbish is collected weekly each Wednesday
Kendenup and Narrikup
Household rubbish is collected weekly on Wednesday
Rocky Gully
No pickup (Transfer station is usually emptied every Wednesday)
Tip Site Operations
The Shire of Plantagenet charges fees for the disposal of some waste items at the Council's controlled landfill and transfer station sites.
No charge is made on the following:
- Separated Recyclables (plastic, cans, cardboard, paper, glass);
- Car Bodies (if placed in recyclable area);
- Truck Bodies / Large Equipment (if recyclable);
- White Goods;
- Batteries (car, truck etc);
- Uncontaminated, sorted scrap metal;
- Uncontaminated timber;
- Uncontaminated green waste;
- Clean fill.
All other waste, including household waste, is chargeable.
A tip pass enables ratepayers who do not receive a weekly household refuse collection to deposit a limited amount of chargeable waste for free in the Shire's waste sites. Those ratepayers are entitled to receive a wallet sized tip pass containing 52 tokens in July each year (Each square box on the pass is referred to as a token). The rules of operation are explained below.
Other people, including ratepayers who receive a weekly domestic rubbish collection, are obliged to pay the fees on chargeable waste. No money will be accepted at the waste disposal sites. Prepaid refuse disposal vouchers must be purchased from the Shire Office, Lowood Road
, Mount
Barker
or over the telephone by credit card.
Operation of Tip Passes
Ratepayers who do not receive a weekly household refuse collection service will receive a tip pass at the beginning of the financial year containing 52 tokens. Each token will allow free entry into any of the Council's controlled waste disposal sites, with rubbish equivalent to one 240 litre mobile garbage bin (MGB).
When you deposit rubbish at the tip sites, the tokens will be ‘punched' using a special tool. Each tip pass token will enable a customer to take the equivalent of one 240 litre MGB into a tip site, allowing the use of more than one token, depending on how much rubbish is being disposed of. However, tokens will only be valid for a particular month.
For example a rural customer could visit a tip site once a week with one mobile garbage bin (MGB) with one token being punched. Alternatively, he or she could visit a tip site once a month with the equivalent of four MGBs of waste and have four tokens punched. It would not be possible, however, for that person to build up tokens for more than one month.
If rural customers intend to deposit chargeable waste or more waste than allotted on the tip passes, then they will need to purchase a pre-paid refuse disposal pass before going to the tip.
Where new owners move into a property, the tip pass should remain with the property. If new owners do not receive a pass, or in the event of passes being lost, then a new pass will not be issued. In such cases, the ratepayer will be obliged to purchase a prepaid refuse disposal voucher.
Pre-paid Refuse Disposal Vouchers
Due to security and occupational health and safety concerns, it will not be possible to pay for chargeable waste at the tip sites. Prepaid Refuse Disposal Vouchers may be purchased from the Shire Office, Lowood Road
, Mount
Barker
and over the internet. Pre-paid Refuse Disposal Vouchers are required by the following people who intend to deposit chargeable waste at Shire tip sites:
All ratepayers and residents who receive a weekly refuse collection service;
Rural ratepayers and residents who intend to deposit chargeable waste or more waste than allotted on the tip passes;
Rural ratepayers and residents who have lost their tip pass;
Rural ratepayers and residents who have moved into the district and who have not received a tip pass from the previous owner/occupier.
Any other person (Commercial customers – refer below).
Shire of Plantagenet based business owners who deposit waste regularly may apply for an account. A record of waste disposed of is to be completed and signed for on each drop and a monthly account will be issued. Please note that tip site keys will no longer be issued to business customers. All waste disposal is to take place during normal tip site operating hours.
Waste Fees
Prepaid Refuse Disposal Vouchers can be purchased in units of 10 tokens ($25.00), 20 tokens ($50.00) or 52 tokens ($130.00). Token values have been based on the current price of rubbish collection per 240 litre MGB Charges for waste disposal over and above a 240 litre MGB are based on this primary token value. The following fees and token values apply for the 2008/09 financial year:
Item
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Tokens Required
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Charge
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1 x 120 litre or 240 litre Mobile Garbage Bin (and units of 240 litre there-after)
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1
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$ 2.50
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Car Boot Load
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1
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$ 2.50
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Stationwagon Boot Load
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2
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$ 5.00
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Van - Utility – Trailer (not exceeding 1.8m x 1.2m)
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4
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$ 10.00
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Small Truck (2-4 tonne)
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12
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$ 30.00
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Medium Truck (4-6 tonne)
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16
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$ 40.00
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Truck (6-8 tonne)
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24
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$ 60.00
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Truck (8 plus tonne single axle)
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32
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$ 80.00
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Truck (8 plus tonne dual axle)
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40
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$100.00
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Truck (semi trailer 20m³ capacity)
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80
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$200.00
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Bulk Bin (3m³ or less)
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12
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$ 30.00
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Bulk Bin (3m³ - 6m³)
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16
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$ 40.00
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Bulk Bin (6m³ - 10m³)
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24
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$ 60.00
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Bulk Bin (exceeding 10m³)
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40
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$100.00
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Car Body (if placed in recyclable area)
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Free
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Free
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Truck Body / Large Equipment (if recyclable)
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Free
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Free
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White Goods
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Free
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Free
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Asbestos ($50/m³ or part thereof)
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20
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$ 50.00
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Batteries (car, truck etc)
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Free
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Free
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Uncontaminated, sorted scrap metal
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Free
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Free
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Uncontaminated timber
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Free
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Free
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Uncontaminated green waste
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Free
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Free
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Clean fill
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Free
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Free
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Septage ($10/kl)
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4
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$ 10.00
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10 litre Waste Oil (to be deposited in the Oil Recycling Facility) (and units of 10 litre thereafter)
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1
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$ 2.50
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Carcases (small animal)
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1
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$ 2.50
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Carcases (large animal)
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4
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$ 10.00
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Separated Recyclables
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Free
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Free
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Cardboard per m³ (From business operators)
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4
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$ 10.00
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Last Updated
January 22, 2009
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