Bin Collections

Information on Rubbish Bins

Residents must provide their own general waste wheelie bin. Bins must be:

• 120 litres or 240 litres
• Dark green body with a red lid (or a dark green lid if already in use)
• Good quality (we recommend SULO, MASTEC, Trident, Nylex) and purpose-made for kerbside waste collection.

Hearth House (Strelly Street, Busselton) and Dunsborough Hardware-Mitre 10 (Commonage Rd, Dunsborough) are local businesses that currently stock purpose-made kerbside bins. The City WILL NOT be held responsible to any claims of damage to inferior quality bins.

If you’re a business that stocks purpose-made kerbside collections bins and wish to be on the City’s approved list, please contact us via city@busselton.wa.gov.au. 

Use the below form if you would like to apply for an additional domestic rubbish collection service.

Additional Domestic Bin Application Form

Information on Recycling Bins

Yellow-lid recycling bins are provided by the City. Please contact us to deliver your free recycle bin and put it on the bin service.

If your recycling bin was missed or you want to report other operational issues, please contact the City on city@busselton.wa.gov.au or call 08 9781 0444. 

Use the below form if you would like to apply for an additional domestic recycling collection service. 

Additional Domestic Bin Application Form

Recycling Calendar 24/25

Put Your Bin Out

To make sure your bin gets emptied, follow these simple steps:

• Place bin(s) out on the verge by 6am on your bin day.
• Ensure bins are at least 1m away from any blockages (e.g. away from vehicles, basketball hoops, trees, etc.)
• Do not overload bins. The maximum weight capable of being collected is 70kg.
• Please ensure all waste fits inside the bin and the lid is closed (waste outside of the bins will not be collected)
• Remove bins from the kerb as soon as convenient after they have been emptied.
• To ensure waste does not get stuck in your bin and make a mess on the verge when the bin is emptied, please bag your grass clippings.
• Please do not place items that may pose a fire risk or containers of used oil in your bin (up to 20L of used oil can be recycled for free at both the Busselton Waste Transfer Station and the Dunsborough Waste Facility). If you are unsure of what items to place in each bin, please speak with a member of the Waste Services team.  

For further information, please view the City’s Waste Collection Policy here.

See Sorting Your Waste for information about what to put in your bins and what not to put in your bins.

Sorting Your Waste

Commercial Properties

To add or make changes to the rubbish and/or recycling collection service for your business, please click the link which most appropriately identifies the location of your business below, in order to be taken to the correct form.

Busselton Light Industrial Area

Busselton CBD

Dunsborough Town

Dunsborough Clark Street

Dunsborough Enterprise Park

Vasse

Waste Rates & Charges

Waste Collection Rates

Waste Collection Rates for 2024-25 (where a service is provided to the property by the City of Busselton) are as follows:

• $190.55 per year for weekly rubbish collection (per bin);
• $92.90 per year for fortnightly recycling collection (per bin);
• $100.00 per year for Waste Infrastructure Charge (see below for more information)
   

If you require the collection of an additional bin, please fill out the Additional Domestic Bin Application Form.

Additional Domestic Bin Application Form

Waste Infrastructure Charge

Managing waste responsibly is complex and expensive. As City of Busselton residents generate waste, we are all responsible for protecting the environment from waste. Some of the activities this charge covers include litter pickups from the various public open spaces, landfill cell construction and operations, garden organics recovery, recycling of commercial and demolition waste and more. This is why the Waste Infrastructure Rate applies to all property holders.