Waste Management

The City of Mandurah is committed to caring for the environment by implementing sustainable waste management practices that will assist in minimising waste to landfill.

The range of waste management services provided to our residents on an annual basis include:

• Weekly refuse collection service - green bin
• Fortnightly recycling service - yellow lidded bin
• Two green waste verge collections
• One junk and whitegoods/metals verge collection
• Four green waste vouchers providing free disposal of clean, uncontaminated green waste at the City's Waste Management Centre

Transpacific Cleanaway is the City of Mandurah's Alliance partner for the provision of all waste management services within the municipality.

 

The Alliance was born from an extensive process, which began in 1998. Council was seeking a method of waste management service delivery, which would help to achieve significant reductions to landfill by the implementation of technologies to recover "waste". To achieve this Council required input from a very professional, well experienced, highly specialised organisation.

 

What makes this Alliance so different and effective is that any cost benefits gained over the life of the Alliance contract (15 years) will be shared, and the parties will also share any risk on an equal basis. The City of Mandurah and Transpacific Cleanaway will be working as one to bring best practice in waste management services to the residents of Mandurah.

 

The primary objective for both parties then is to find the best solutions available for waste management and to provide those services at the best price for the ratepayers of the City of Mandurah. The significant benefits brought about from the Alliance will be reflected in the extensive range of cost-effective services that will be provided to the residents of Mandurah.

 

Rivers Regional Council

 

The Rivers Regional Council (RRC) was created under the Local Government Act 1995 and must comply with most requirements of any other local government. Its members include the Cities of Armadale, Gosnells, South Perth and Mandurah, and the Shires of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Murray and Waroona.

 

Each member Council elects two Councillors to be regional councillors and the Regional Council, which meets every two months, makes decisions relating to strategic waste management issues and waste education. The Regional Council employs three full time staff members, including its own Chief Executive Officer. 

 

One of the major tasks of the Rivers Regional Council is to explore the feasibility of establishing a Resource Recovery Facility within the Region. This task is well advanced with two posssible locations identified for the facility. Environmental Approvals and tender documentation for this facility are currently being progressed.