Recycling
Recycling Facilities, e-Waste, Upcycling, Other
Creatives expend a lot of material resources, so should be aware of where they can recycle their waste and/or up-cycle the waste of others. The government hosts a website on recycling for residents and businesses, and Recycling Near You provides a search option for recycling in your area.
Recycling Facilities in Perth
Recycling Facilities in Perth
Google Filter for Recycling + Perth + WA includes:
- City of South Perth Recycling Centre - Como
- Recycling Centre Balcatta - Balcatta
- Cleanaway Perth MRF - South Guildford
- City of Fremantle Recycling Centre - Fremantle
- Eco Resources - Hope Valley
- Total Green Recycling - Kewdale
- Rondas and Co Scrap Metal - Perth
- Armadale Landfill and Recycling facility - Hilbert
- EMRC Resource Recovery Park - Hazelmere
- Forrestdale Recycling Centre - Forrestdale
- Wangara Greens Recycling Facility - Wangara
- Poly Pipe Recycling - Plastic Recycling Perth - Bellevue
- QB Copper and Aluminium Recycling - Bentley
- DecomRem - Perth
- Earthcare Recycling - Middle Swan
- AAA Metal Recycling Australia Pty Ltd - Malaga
- Metal West Recycling - Landsdale
- Sims Metal Management - Kwinana Beach, Malaga and Welshpool
- Brajkovich Landfill & Recycling Pty Ltd - Wattleup (no site)
- Perth Paper Recyclers - Osborne Park (no website)
- Mortimer Glass Recycling - Claremont (no website)
Media & E-Waste
Media & E-Waste
- National Televisions and Computer Recycling Scheme - E-waste recycling services are provided across metropolitan, regional and remote Australia as part of the Australian Government’s National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme. This industry-funded scheme makes it easier for people to have their televisions, computers, printers, computer parts and accessories recycled for free.
- Planet Ark maintains a database of television and computer drop-off points. Search for recycling near you:
- Four organisations have been approved to deliver recycling services under the scheme. For more information, including details of the collection services and drop-off points they provide, visit their websites:
- Planet Ark's Recycling Near You > Computers + Perth WA Filter - lists 35 drop off locations and 38 pickup business for computer waste (see embedded site below).
Other E-Waste Companies
Other E-Waste Companies
- Recycle IT Australia - West Perth - At Recycle IT we are a vibrant company that provides a safe, 100% transparent way for you to dispose of your surplus IT equipment.
- Perth E-Waste - Perth E-Waste is your one stop shop for the disposal and recycling of electronic waste. We provide services for all types of e-waste, domestic appliances and more.
- Total Green Recycling - Kewdale - we are putting a stop on the flow of e-waste to landfill. We recover useful materials and redirect them into productive, profitable, green enterprise solutions. We support local communities with purposeful employment and education. We strive to clean our environment and to reduce carbon emissions, one electronic device at a time.
- 1800 EWaste Perth - 1800ewaste is Perth’s leading ewaste collection and recycling service. We’re dedicated to diverting as much electronic waste (ewaste) from Perth landfill and overseas export as possible. For too long, metals such as mercury and lead found in computers and other ewaste have been buried in landfill, leaving the toxins to leach into the ground and waterways. This cannot continue.
- Shred-X - partnering with Shred-X ensures you comply with your legal obiligations by employing a complete information protection policy . The core business of Shred-X is secure destruction with its focus being on customer service, privacy compliance, security and recycling.
Upcycling Artists/Business
Upcycling Artists/Business
Local
Local
- Rustic Gallery - Rust heaven! This is one of Australia’s most inspiring collections of rusty metal, now filling two Bellevue stores just around the corner from each other. Stock ranges from antique farm machinery and tools to household collectables and upcycled garden art. (Larger furniture and machinery is stored at the Edward Street store, but visit both for the true Rustic Gallery experience.)
- Upcycled Furniture Co Perth - mother and daughter duo bringing unique upcycled vintage homewares and furniture ♡
- Remill - comprehensive recycled timber milling services including machining, custom manufacturing, joinery and installation.
Inter-state
Inter-state
- The Junk Map - the Junk Map brings together salvage crews, junk dealers, designers, makers, builders, renovators and decorators who redefine ‘secondhand’.
- Upcycle Studio (NSW) - Upcycle Studio started with our upcycled homewares and gifts collection and has now grown significantly. We’ve since incorporated an awesome range of products that fit with our eco-friendly values. We now stock items such as naturally sourced, sustainable products, reusable items that minimise single use plastic consumption and Australian handmade products that support local business.
- Urban Upcycle (Victoria) - At Urban Upcycle, it is our aim to help preserve the Earth by minimising negative environmental impact through upcycling reusable and interesting items which would otherwise be heading for landfill. We provide the public, schools, kindergartens, childcare centres, artists and crafters access to these items which have been repurposed into art and craft supplies, via our retail store, educational incursions, birthday parties, events & more! Through this process, we strive to assist in educating and increasing awareness within the Geelong and surrounding areas of how important it is that we all rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse and repurpose.
Other
Other
- Australian National Waste Report - Direct Link to PDF - 2016 government report by the Department for Environment and Energy.