Updated: 25/07/2022
This list may be out of date, please check locally with each provider. Please refer to the Shire of Katanning website for current recycling and waste collection available at the Refuse Site. https://www.katanning.wa.gov.au/services/rate-payers-residents/waste-and-recycling.aspx
There are some things you should never put in your rubbish bin. And there are things that can’t be accepted in your yellow recycle bin, either. And even still, there are items that you no longer need, but aren’t ready for the trash.
As a responsible, environmentally aware citizen, how do you manage these items?
We have discovered that there’s a place for almost everything here in Katanning! And we are amazed at how many groups and individuals your donations and recycling efforts help out!
We hope the following list helps you determine where to take some of those trickier items for proper disposal.
(Download this handy guide in a pdf format here: where-to-recycle)
Item | Where in Katanning? | Cost | Comments | What happens next? |
Asbestos | Katanning Refuse Site (Tip) | Charges | If you have less than 1 cubic metre, you can bring in double wrapped and taped for $100. If you have larger volumes, please speak to an asbestos mitigator for safe removal and disposal | It is buried immediately to prevent any contamination through air particles, and paperwork filed with the appropriate authorities. |
Animal Carcasses | Katanning Refuse Site (Tip) | $6/small carcass (up to sheep), $17/large (horse or cow) | Sometimes our animals die and we aren’t in a position to be able to bury them. The tip accepts carcases for a small disposal fee. | |
Beauty Products Packaging: hair care, cosmetics, and skin care packaging | Katanning Landcare | Free | Any brand of beauty product accepted. Please ensure packaging is empty or will not leak before dropping in | It is recycled through a group called TerraCycle. See http://www.terracycle.com.au/en-AU/ |
Car Batteries | Katanning Refuse Site (Tip) | Free | These are picked up by a recycling company | |
Chemical Drums | Katanning Refuse Site (Tip) | Free | Please triple-rinse all your chemical drums | Managed through the drumMUSTER program http://drummuster.com.au/ |
Clothing | Several drop off points around Katanning, including:
– St Patrick’s Primary School (St Vinnies Bins in car park)
– Bakehouse Jeanery (recycled clothing sold upstairs)
– Arch Angel Op Shop – Activ Foundation Op Shop – Boomerang Op Shop |
Free | Some clothes are too good to turn into rags, so share them with someone else by donating them to St Vinnies, or dropping them off for resale at the op shops in town. | |
Coffee Pods | KD’s Garden Centre | Free | Have a leak-free zip lock bag (or similar) next to your coffee maker. When you’ve made a cup, simply pop the whole pod into the baggie, and when full, seal up and drop off to KDs. | It is recycled through a group called TerraCycle. See http://www.terracycle.com.au/en-AU/ |
E-Waste: electronic items such as computers, TVs, etc. | Katanning Refuse Site (Tip) | Free | Bring these in to the shed. | These are being collected for transport to Activ Foundation for disassembly and proper recycling. https://www.activ.asn.au/ |
Fabric | Katanning Library, Katanning Landcare | Free | Any type of clean fabric suitable for making bags. Sheer fabrics also welcome! | Boomerang Bags Katanning will create beautiful reusable bags from second hand fabric, including reusable produce bags from sheer curtain-type material. |
Furniture, bicycles, household items, and clothing | KREAC (Katanning Regional Emergency Accommodation Centre) on Oxley Road | Free | Call ahead to make arrangements to drop items off as they aren’t available to receive every day. 98 214 008 | Your furniture is sold at very low prices to people moving out of the emergency accommodation into independent housing. Basics like beds and mattresses, tables, chairs and dressers are welcome items. Kids furniture and items are also in need. |
Green Waste | Katanning Refuse Site (Tip) | Free | If you can’t compost your waste, or wait for the green waste verge side collection, drop your green waste off to the tip at no cost. | |
Household batteries | Katanning Landcare, Katanning Library | Free | Any type of common use battery, such as AA to 9volts, both rechargeable and non-rechargeable. Also, larger batteries from power tools can be accepted | A volunteer takes them to a recycling centre in Perth.
Please take car batteries to the tip. |
Large Plastics – car bumpers, etc. | Katanning Refuse Site (Tip) | Free | Who knew there was a way to manage those large or awkward items! | Stockpiled until sufficient volume is available be picked up by the recyclers. |
Mobile Phones | Katanning Post Office | Free | Ask for a mobile muster bag, insert the phone and the Post Office will send it off for you, free of charge | It is posted to a group that recycles phone. See more about the process here: http://www.mobilemuster.com.au/learn-about-recycling/ |
Oral Care items: toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, dental floss, and associated packaging | Katanning Landcare | Free | Any brand is accepted | It is recycled through a group called TerraCycle. See http://www.terracycle.com.au/en-AU/ |
Plastic Bags and other ‘soft’ or ‘scrunchable’ plastic | Woolworths Katanning or your Yellow Lidded Recycle Bin | Free | Ask the team at the service desk at the entry to put your items in their soft plastics collection. | In your bin: Warren Blackwood Waste hand-separate the soft plastics for baling and stockpiles until there is a market.
While Woolworths in Katanning is not part of the REDcycle program (http://redcycle.net.au/redcycle/) but they do collect and bale and send through their waste collection company, but cannot guarantee the product is recycled. |
Postage Packaging:
padded post packs, plastic satchels, etc. |
Katanning Landcare | Free | Any brand or size | It is recycled through a group called TerraCycle. See http://www.terracycle.com.au/en-AU/ |
Printer Cartridges | Katanning Post Office | Free | Hand in to the staff, who will add it to the Cartridges 4 Planet Ark collection | Your old cartridges are turned into all sorts of handy things, including fully recycled pens. See http://cartridges.planetark.org/ for more information |
Scrap Metal, White Goods | Katanning Refuse Site (Tip) | Free | All types of metal can be collected, including aluminium, old roof sheets, appliances, pipes and more | All metal appliances and scrap metals are collected and held until there is sufficient volume to be picked up by the scrap metal recyclers. |
Smaller household items | Kobeelya Activ Foundation Op Shop | Free | There is a drop off bin at Kobeelya where you can donate items that are too good to throw away. Items can include linens, small appliances, and other handy household items | |
Tyres | Katanning Refuse Site (Tip) | Charge | A per tyre charge is collected from the disposer, depending on tyre size. I have also heard that Tyrepower and other tyre retailers in Katanning have recycling programs. | Collected by a tyre recycler at regular intervals. |
Waste Oil | Katanning Refuse Site (Tip) | $0.35 per Litre | Bring in to the deposit shed | Collected and recycled |
Did I miss anything? Please let me know in the comments below! (Download this handy guide in a pdf format here: where-to-recycle)
For general household waste disposal at the tip (things that can’t be recycled in the list above or that don’t fit into your wheelie bin), there is a per cubic meter charge of $25. The average box trailer is 6×4 and if not overfilled (only loaded up to the sides) that is about a 1/2 a cubic meter – so approximately $12.50. This is an estimate only and is provided as a guide only, your situation may vary.
For more information on the Katanning Tip and its services, please see the Shire’s website: http://www.katanning.wa.gov.au/services/rate-payers-and-residents/waste-and-recycling.aspx
Let us know when the soft plastic recycling gets up and running at Woolworths!
Actually, I asked Fran the other day, and she said to bring our bags in to the service desk and ask them to take it to the plastic recycling out the back. The girl I brought mine in looked at me a little oddly, but when I said “Fran said so” she said “okay!”
But I will be sure to let you know when it’s brought out front again for easy access.
I want to make sure that I recycle everything that can be recycled. I didn’t know that there were so many different things! It’s interesting that some metal can be recycled, too. I’ll make sure I make a special pile for it!
Excellent list!! Thanks for sharing this list. It’s helpful for us.
Can you take mattresses to the Katanning tip thanks
Hi Kevin,
Yes you can. Standard Tip Fees would apply. Note that mattresses are not recycled when brought to the tip.
Cheers!