Waste Legislation, Statistics and Documents

Keep updated with how the City of Kwinana is preforming in the waste space. This page provides City statistics, information on the Waste Local Law, state strategies and much more. 

City of Kwinana Waste Performance

The City of Kwinana provides a range of waste and recycling services to our residents. Information below shows waste and recycling data collected from kerbside bins and vergeside collections, as well as compositional audit data and data collected from annual bin tagging program.

Annual Waste Statistics

Each year, each household in the City of Kwinana receives:

• 52 waste bin collections  
• 26 recycling bins collections
• 2 bulk waste verge collections
• 3 green waste verge collection

From these collections, the below tonnages have been collected for each waste stream over the past few years.

Compositional Waste Data

The City of Kwinana conducts annual waste audits on hundreds of houses throughout the City. The City weights all waste by their material type to see how we are performing.

The City conducts compositional audits in three suburbs (Medina, Wellard and Parmelia) regularly with the following findings:

• 45% of the waste bin was comprised of recyclable materials (see 2022 Compositional Audit Waste Bin figure below).
• 5% of the recycling bin was comprised of general waste, resulting in high contamination rates in the recycling bin (see 2022 Compositional Audit Recycling Bin figure below).
• The contamination found within the recycling bin comprised of 29% green waste, 13% soft plastic and 17% hazardous waste such as aerosol cans (see 2022 Compositional Audit Recycling Bin Contamination Breakdown figure below).

Bin Tagging

The City of Kwinana audits 2,000 bins every year as part of its bin tagging program, providing direct education to residents with the goals of reducing contamination rates. Bin tagging results showed that around 70% of households were recycling correctly. 30% of residents needed help to identify which bin some items must be placed in. Bin tags with happy or sad faces were used to show items that were in the wrong bin and which bin they should be placed in.

Want to learn more about how we’re preforming?

Visit the MyCouncil Waste and Recycling dashboard for more information.

Waste Local Law 2022

The City of Kwinana has adopted a local law relating to waste and refuse.

The City’s Waste Local Law was introduced so that residents can be part of a greater community movement to manage waste and recycling in a more sustainable manner, improving resource recovery and better protecting infrastructure, people and our environment.

Waste Local Law FAQ's

City of Kwinana Waste Plan 2021-2025

The City’s Waste Plan ensures that waste avoidance and environmental protection is an integral part of the City’s activities. The City aims to achieve a sustainable, cost effective and best practice approach to waste management that supports our community, economy and environment. The Waste Plan has been guided by the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 and the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030. The Waste Plan’s overarching objectives directly align with those of the Waste Strategy 2030 as follows;

1. Avoid; generate less waste
2. Recover; recover more value and resources from waste
3. Protect; protect the environment by managing waste responsibly

To ensure that we are working towards these goals, the City needs you to avoid, recover and protect our environment by thinking before you throw.

To find out more, view our plan here:

Waste Plan 2021-2025

City of Kwinana Litter and Illegal Dumping Plan

To enhance and protect our environment, the City is committed to preventing litter and illegal dumping, removing litter and illegal dumping as soon as practicable, and educating our community as litter and illegal dumping can cause significant environmental, social and economic impacts, including reduced visual amenity, harm to wildlife and costly clean-ups.

To ensure that we are working towards our goals in the Waste Plan, the City created a Litter and Illegal Dumping Plan in 2023 outlining goals as well as actions planned to achieve our goals. The goals of this plan are to:

1. Reduce litter and illegal dumping
2. Improve how litter and illegal dumping is managed
3. Increase community awareness and empowerment  

Litter and Illegal Dumping Plan 

More information and contacts

State Waste Strategy

State Governments Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030 outlines strategic goals to achieve significant improvements in recycling, waste reduction, construction, and demolition waste diversion, and better managing commercial and industrial waste.

To view this Strategy, visit Waste Authority’s website.

WA Plastic Ban

The WA Government is implementing strategies to reduce the impacts of single-use plastics, including bans on problematic plastic items.

To find out what is coming in this ban, and alternative products, visit WA Plastic Ban.