Waste Management Facilities
Waste management and collection information including 2024/2025 Fees and Charges is available here.
O’Neill Road Waste Management Facility
Situated on O'Neill Road, Mount Barker, just south of the Mount Barker Golf Club off Albany Highway.
The following items are accepted:
- Batteries (car, truck etc);
- Household alkaline/lithium batteries;
- Car bodies;
- Separated co-mingled recyclable's (plastic bottles, cans, cardboard, paper, glass bottles);
- Uncontaminated timber;
- Uncontaminated green waste;
- Building rubble;
- Household rubbish, recycling and furniture;
- Drum muster;
- Gas bottles;
- E waste;
- Steel;
- Tyres;
- White goods;
- Oil - 10L Units.
Please note: asbestos, animal carcasses and clean fill are only accepted on a Thursday and with prior arrangement at the Shire Administration Centre. Call 9892 1151 for further information.
Kendenup Transfer Station
Situated approximately 3kms from Kendenup along Lake Matilda Road.
The following items are accepted:
- Batteries (car, truck etc);
- Household alkaline/lithium batteries;
- Separated co-mingled recyclable's (plastic bottles, cans, cardboard, paper, glass bottles);
- Uncontaminated timber;
- Uncontaminated green waste;
- Household rubbish;
- Drum muster;
- Gas bottles;
- Steel;
- Tyres;
- White goods;
- Oil - 10L units.
Kamballup Landfill Site
Situated near the hall on Woogenellup Road, 600 metres from Chester Pass Road.
The following items are accepted:
- Household rubbish;
- Separated co-mingled recyclable's (plastic bottles, cans, cardboard, paper, glass bottles);
- Household alkaline/lithium batteries;
- Batteries (car, truck etc);
- Drum muster.
Porongurup Transfer Station
Situated approximately 1km along Surrey Downs Rd, Porongurup.
The following items are accepted:
- Household rubbish;
- Separated co-mingled recyclable's (plastic bottles, cans, cardboard, paper, glass bottles);
- Batteries (car, truck etc);
- Household alkaline/lithium batteries;
- Drum muster.
Rocky Gully Transfer Station
Situated approximately 1km south-east of the old Primary School, located on Arbour Road, Rocky Gully.
The following items are accepted:
- Household rubbish;
- Separated co-mingled recyclable's (plastic bottles, cans, cardboard, paper, glass bottles);
- Batteries (car, truck etc);
- Household alkaline/lithium batteries;
- Uncontaminated green waste.
Waste Disposal Site Opening Hours
| O'Neill Road Waste Management Facility |
| Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday |
12.00pm - 4.00pm |
| Sunday |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
| O'Neill Road Tip Shop only |
| Saturday |
12.00pm - 4.00pm |
| Sunday |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
| Porongurup Transfer Station |
| Wednesday |
12.00pm - 4.00pm |
| Saturday |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
| Kendenup Transfer Station |
| Wednesday, Saturday |
12.00pm - 4.00pm |
| Sunday |
10.00am - 4.00pm |
| Kamballup Landfill Site |
| Sunday |
8.00am - 11.00am |
| Rocky Gully Transfer Station |
| Wednesday |
3.00pm - 5.00pm |
| Sunday |
8.30am - 10.30am |
All sites are closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day.
Tip passes
Rateable properties with a habitable domestic dwelling that do not receive a weekly household waste collection are entitled to a Waste Facilities Pass (tip pass) which enables them to deposit a limited amount of chargeable waste at the Shire's waste sites. Properties will only be issued with one tip pass by default. If a property has other residences with occupiers, each household may obtain a pass from the Shire upon proof of the tenant’s occupancy. This system generally aims to provide an allowance for refuse disposal, in lieu of the weekly refuse collection service.
One 26-token voucher will be issued per property detailed above. Tip passes will be delivered in July and are valid from 1 August until 31 July unless otherwise advised. There are no expiry dates for individual tokens.
Other usage of Council refuse facilities is at the fees chargeable in the Shire's annual budget.
Tip pass rules are explained below:
When rubbish is deposited at a waste disposal site, the tip pass will be ‘punched'. The number of tokens punched will depend on the volume of rubbish deposited.
If customers intend to deposit more chargeable waste than allotted on the tip pass, they will need to purchase a prepaid refuse disposal pass before going to the waste disposal site.
Where new owners move into a property, the tip pass should remain with the property. If the new owners do not receive the pass or in the event of a pass being lost, a new pass will not be issued.
In such cases, the ratepayer will be obliged to purchase a prepaid refuse disposal voucher from the Shire Administration Centre.
Tip passes (or unused portions thereof) are not refundable or redeemable for cash.
Prepaid refuse disposal vouchers
Due to security and occupational safety and health concerns, you cannot pay for chargeable waste at tip sites. Prepaid refuse disposal vouchers may be purchased from the Shire Administration Centre, Lowood Road, Mount Barker or over the telephone by credit card. The refuse vouchers purchased via telephone can be collected in person at the Shire Office or can be mailed out to the ratepayers mailing address.
Prepaid refuse disposal vouchers are required by the following who intend to deposit chargeable waste at Shire waste disposal sites:
- Ratepayers and residents who receive a weekly refuse collection service and have excess waste.
- 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 user (commercial customers – refer below).
Shire of Plantagenet based business owners who deposit waste regularly may apply for an account from the Shire Administration Centre, Lowood Road, Mount Barker. A record of waste disposed of is to be completed and signed for on each occasion 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 disposal fees
A fee applies for the disposal of most waste items at the Shire of Plantagenet’s waste disposal sites.
No charge is made on the following items:
- Separated recyclables (plastic bottles, cans, cardboard, paper, glass bottles)
- Batteries (car, truck etc)
- Uncontaminated timber
- Uncontaminated green waste
- Clean fill.
All other waste, including household waste, is chargeable.
Prepaid refuse disposal vouchers can be purchased in the following units:
- 4 tokens $40.00
- 10 tokens $90.00
Token values are based on the current price of rubbish collection of up to one 240 litre MGB.
Commercial rate charges in the following list of fees are subject to a calculation that estimates the average weight of refuse in each category.
Household hazardous waste (HHW) cannot be disposed of at any of the waste facilities.
Please click here for further information of how to dispose HHW safely and responsibly, and the list of facilities where householders can drop off unwanted household chemicals at no charge.