Recycling Programmes

WARNING!

Batteries should never be put in your recycling or waste bin. Rechargeable batteries and lithium-ion batteries are hazardous and could produce sparks that may start a fire in the trucks or recycling facility. This includes batteries in laptops, mobile phones, power tools and cameras. Place sticky tape around battery terminals to prevent fires.

B-cycle Battery Recycling

You can find battery drop off locations using the B-cycle Drop off point search, they are open ALL YEAR during normal trading hours.

These include your local Coles Floreat, Coles West Leederville, Woolworths Floreat, Bunnings Warehouse Homebase, Return-It Shenton Park and West Metro Recycling Centre Shenton Park.

Town of Cambridge Battery Collection Locations

- Administration Building (map)

- Library (map)

- Bold Park Aquatic (map)

- Floreat Forum (map)

- Cambridge International Food Court (map)

Does it still work? Check out the Western Metropolitan Regional Council's page of reuse options to see which charities accept electronic items, where to find a repairer or ways to sell or share your items online.

Is it a refrigerated item? Old air conditioners, fridges and freezers can be dropped off at the West Metro Recycling Centre for safe de-gassing and recycling. A de-gassing fee applies.

E-Waste drop-off is available year round for any small household item with a cord or a battery, including digital media at the West Metro Recycling Centre, Shenton Park.

Here is a comprehensive list of household E-Waste items that the general public can recycle at the WMRC for free.

Note: Apple/Google accounts need to be removed from devices otherwise it renders the hardware useless for refurbishment and reissue.

Click here for instructions on account removal

Complete and submit this Mattress Collection Form to have your unwanted mattresses collected.

The Town of Cambridge no longer operates the Pool Cover and Plastics recycling program.

Soft plastics should be placed into your red lidded waste bin.

Remondis is working on installing soft plastic recycling capabilities in 2024.

Cleanaway has 'clear soft plastic' recycling available for businesses.

Where to take your plastics now.

Plastic pool covers can be:

• Offered on local social media groups for free, on Facebook Marketplace or Gumtree.
• Disposed of by using your Verge Valet allocation.
• Cut it into A3 sized pieces and placed into your red waste bin.

• Taken to West Metro Recycling Centre (map) (fees).

There are many plastic items that you can drop off at the West Metro Recycling Centre for FREE.

• Plastic plant pots, empty, no seedling trays please. If you need some pots, help yourself!
• Plastic bottles, clean and empty, lids off.
• Plastic bottle lids, clean lids, smaller than 10cm diameter, no colour separation required.
• Polystyrene, bulk, no food containers or pellets.

There are many plastic items that you can drop off at Claw Environmental for FREE.

• Plastic plant pots, Bang out any loose organic material and stack. They do not need to be sorted by colour. Stacking same size pots will reduce the space taken for storage. No seedling trays please.
• Plastic meat trays, Wash thoroughly to remove any trace of meat residue.
• Plastic bottle lids, The lids do not have to be sorted into colour or polymer. Any size lid up to 10cm can go into our blended mix.
  Lids larger than this will usually have the polymer stamped on them. We can still take these but they will go into our pure polymer streams. Please keep separate.
• Polystyrene, Polystyrene comes in two forms, rigid and expanded. All forms of polystyrene are designated by polymer identification code CLAW Environmental currently specialises in expanded polystyrene (EPS) but has the capacity to process some forms of rigid polystyrene.
• drumMUSTER, triple rinsed plastic drums. CLAW Environmental is a registered processor of drumMUSTER and currently the only West Australian company actively collecting and processing containers. If you are interested in drumMUSTER, check out www.drummuster.com.au or contact us for more information.

Clean plastic bottles with the 10c return information can be taken to Return It - Cash For Containers in Shenton Park.

The Town is pleased to support Fair Game by having a recycle and donate bin to collect pre-loved sporting equipment. The bin is located at the Cambridge Library - 99 The Boulevard, Floreat.

You can also drop these to the donation bin located at the West Metro Recycling Centre located at the corner of Lemnos Street and Brockway Road, entry off Brockway.

For further donation locations click here 

You can donate lightly used stationery to your local:

• preschools
• daycare centers
• primary schools
• Boy Scout or Girl Scout troops
• school teachers (particularly elementary teachers or art teachers)
• church nurseries
• nursing home/senior center activities directors

We recommend calling first before taking a donation to a local organisation such as those listed above. Make sure they need/want what you have to offer. 

Terracycle Australia have public drop-off points for plastic mechanical pencils, pens, markers, highlighters, pen soft packaging, empty correction fluid pots and correction fluid tape, using the BIC's Best in Class Recycling Program.

Give Write is a Wembley-based Not-for-Profit which takes donations of new or pre-loved school stationery to recycle, repackage and re-gift to kids in need in WA who are starting the school year with nothing. 

Recycle your household aerosol cans including deodorant, hairspray, cooking oil spray, insect spray, cleaning products, garage and vehicle products and bathroom sprays.

Make sure cans are empty and intact.  

You can also drop off your aerosol cans at the West Metro Recycling Centre for FREE.

Ecocycle, has an environmentally friendly silver recovery process that helps protect our waterways and environment.

Residents can use the bins to safely dispose of their X-Rays at the following site:

• West Metro Recycling Centre (map)

• Recycle your non-reusable, aluminium coffee pods at the Town of Cambridge Administration Centre at 1 Bold Park Drive, Floreat. Please note that plastic coffee pods and compostable coffee pods are not accepted.

For details on a variety of waste minimisation workshops and events, including composting and growing your own, reducing and reusing, check out the What's On page.

Each year, thousands of toothbrushes and oral care packaging end up in landfill, but not anymore. Bupa Dental has teamed up with Colgate and TerraCycle to give your dental waste a second life. Simply drop off used toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, and plastic packaging into designated recycling bins, and they’ll be transformed into new products like garden furniture and playground equipment. Together, we’re turning small actions into big environmental wins.

Bupa Dental is committed to reducing environmental impact by supporting innovative recycling solutions that help turn everyday dental waste into something useful.

TerraCycle is a global innovator in waste management, specialising in recycling hard-to-recycle materials. 

 Colgate is committed to building a circular economy and a more sustainable future through responsible product stewardship.

Find your closest dental recycling drop off point.

Find out more about the Bupa Dental Recycling Program.