Reuse, Repair, Gifting and Drop Off Points

ANNOUNCEMENT: Household battery collections at the Town of Bassendean Customer Service and Bassendean Memorial Library have ended. Please take batteries to the nearest B-Cycle collection point - https://bcycle.com.au/drop-off/

Find something that is missing or information that is out of date?  Tell us about it on (08) 9377 8000 or [email protected]

For further information or advice please contact the Town's Waste Services or refer to the Waste and Recycling Guide:

Waste and Recycling Guide - DIGITAL PDF

Click on a heading below to expand it for more information

EMRC Baywaste (271 Collier Rd)

The EMRC Baywaste Transfer Station is located at 271 Collier Road, Bayswater.

The following items can be accepted, free of charge for residents of Bassendean (please bring Photo ID):

  • Aerosol cans (empty only – no spray paint cans) – maximum of 10 items
  • Bicycles (Bicycles for Humanity) - maximum of 5
  • Cardboard (flattened) – residential quantities only – ute/trailer load
  • Polystyrene (expanded only) - residential quantities only – ute/trailer load
  • Vehicle lead acid batteries – maximum of 10 items
  • Scrap metal - residential quantities only - (including washing machines/dryers/microwaves/stoves/water heater units) – ute/trailer load
  • Waste oil - up to 20L
  • E-waste -Digital & Household - maximum of 10 items (see examples of accepted items at: Baywaste Transfer Station and Recycling Centre - City of Bayswater)

Customer Service Centre and Library

The Town currently offers drop off points for the following items at the Customer Service Centre and/or Library:

  • Mobile phones (Customer service only)
  • Fluorescent light bulbs and tubes
  • Nespresso pods (Library only)
  • Writing instruments - not working (no crayons or pencils)
  • X-rays - Paper envelope removed
  • Printer cartridges

Tyre and E-Waste (Digital and Household) Drop Off Days

WHERE?

EMRC's Baywaste Transfer Station, located at 271 Collier Road, Bayswater. 

WHEN?

  • Saturday 5 October 2024 from 10:00am- 4:00pm
  • Date yet to be confirmed -  Saturday in May 2025

WHAT?

Many of the items that were a part of the previous community day drop off mornings can now be taken to EMRC Baywaste Transfer Station for free throughout the entire year (cardboard, polystyrene, engine oil etc.)

This service is for Town of Bassendean residents only. Please bring ID and proof of address.

Repair Café

At Repair Café Bassendean, you’ll find tools and materials to help you make any repairs you need to your much loved items.  Repair Café Bassendean is an initiative based in Bassendean that aims to minimise waste and strengthen our community. All are welcome.

Post-consumer waste has become a huge problem in modern society, and this partly stems from a culture of discarding broken or unused items, including clothing and electronics. We’re here to help those in our community who want to save their items from landfill and bring back a culture of repairing.

Repair Cafe Bassendean Logo

To find out more about the Repair Café Bassendean or to volunteer, visit their website:

https://repaircafebassendean.org.au/

Share Shed

Share Shed Bassendean is a great community initiative where volunteers run a ‘library of things’.  Share Shed members get free access to a range of extremely useful but infrequently used communal items from lawnmowers to camping gear without the need to purchase them for individual use. 

Share Shed Bassendean Logo

 To find out more about the Share Shed Bassendean on their website:

https://www.shareshedbassendean.org/home

Charities and Op Shops

Is your item too good to waste and might be of use to someone else?  Try donating it to Charities and Op Shops who are on the lookout for quality pre-loved items.

Charity Name

Items Accepted

Contact Details

Anglicare
https://www.anglicarewa.org.au/op-shops/guide-for-donating

High quality furniture, whitegoods, electrical items, clothing and bric-a-brac

6253 3535

Good Sammy
https://goodsammy.com.au/

All household goods, furniture, books, clothes, bric-a-brac, electrical items

1300 GOOD SAMMY (1300 466 372) or book online home collection.

Friends with Dignity Perth
https://www.friendswithdignity.org.au/

Where required - manchester, kitchenware, laundry items, unused toiletries, sanitary and beauty products, gift vouchers, linen and some furniture

Online contactVisit on Facebook

ParaQuad Industries
https://www.alinea.org.au/paraquad-industries/household-clothing-collection-bins/

Most household goods, furniture, books, clothes, bric-a-brac and electrical items

9381 0108 or online info

People Who Care
https://www.peoplewhocare.org.au/donate/donate-goods

All household goods, furniture, books, clothes, bric-a-brac and electrical items

Direct Donations Line 0403 367 767

Salvos Stores
https://www.salvosstores.com.au/donate-goods

Clothing and accessories, electrical goods, toys, books, CDs, DVDs, vinyl records, bric-a-brac

13 SALVOS (13 72 58) or visit Salvos Stores

Save the Children
https://www.savethechildren.org.au/get-involved/op-shops

Books, bric-a-brac, furniture, clothing and homewares

9267 3900 or visit Store Locations

Vinnies
https://www.vinnies.org.au/page/Donate/Donate_Goods/

Quality clothing and accessories, homewares, manchester, kids toys, books, CDs and DVDs

13 18 12 or  Store locations

Online Groups and Marketplaces

Have something special that you want to sell or donate to someone who will love it?  Try some of the options listed below to sell or give away your special item.

Gumtree: Australia's Free Marketplace

Bassendean For Free | Facebook

Buy Nothing Bassendean

Buy Nothing Bassendean North/West | Facebook

Buy Nothing Bassendean North/East | Facebook

Buy Nothing Bassendean South/West| Facebook

Buy Nothing Bassendean South/East| Facebook

    Other Drop Off Points

    Wasteless Pantry

    The Wasteless Pantry is located in the Hawaiian's Bassendean Shopping Centre at 2 West Road, Bassendean.

    The following items are accepted:

    • Beauty packaging
      • Tubes and tubs
      • Bottles and small jars
      • Lids, droppers and pumps for skincare products
      • Empty deodorant (non-aerosol)
      • Sunscreen packaging
    • Hair care and dye kits (including gloves)
    • Blister packs - Cost per Kg 
    • Disposable contact lenses and packaging - Purchase Postage Satchel
    • Mobile phones and chargers
    • Ink cartridges
      • Brand name inkjet, toner cartridges and toner bottles
      • Imaging consumables from printers, fax machines and photocopiers
    • Oral care items
      • Empty toothpaste tubes and caps
      • Plastic toothpaste and toothbrush packaging
      • Plastic toothbrushes
      • Floss containers
    • Disposable razors
      • Disposable blades and razors
      • Plastic packaging for razors

      For the most up-to-date information about accepted items, please see the Specialist Recycling at Wasteless Pantry webpage:

      Specialist Recycling at Wasteless Pantry (www.wastelesspantry.com.au)

      Bassendean Optical

      Bassendean Optical are located in the Hawaiian's Bassendean Shopping Centre at 2 West Road, Bassendean.

      They will accept used spectacles for recycling and reuse.

      eFurniture Repurposing (Embleton)

      eFurniture Repurposing is located at 6 - 10 Wotton Street, Embleton.

      They will collect unwanted furniture, household items and office fit-outs to prevent them from ending up in landfill.

      e Furniture Repurposing - Main website (www.efurniturerepurposing.com.au)

      e Furniture Repurposing | Perth WA | Facebook page

      Tread Lightly

      Tread Lightly is a program that allows unwanted sports & active wear shoes to be recycled and diverted from landfill.

      The nearest collection point is located at Rebel Morley, Shop 2129-30 Centro Galleria, Collier Road/Walter Road, Morley

      Find nearest collection location | TreadLightly (asga.com.au)

      See what type of shoes we collect to be recycled | TreadLightly (asga.com.au)

      Officeworks

      The nearest Officeworks can be found in Morley at Lot 6/137 Russel Street.

      All Officeworks stores will generally accept the following items:

      • E-waste 
      • Printer cartridges and ink
      • Mobile Phones
      • Pens and markers - Not working (no crayons or pencils)

      Bayswater Bunnings

      The Bunnings in Bayswater is located at 245 Collier Road.

      The following items are accepted:

      • Unwanted plastic plant pots for recycling and reuse
      • Batteries - Household and Power Tool batteries

      Environment House

      125 King Edward Street, Bayswater

      Home Enviro House - Information and opening hours

      Recycling Drop Off Station - Enviro House Bayswater

      The following items are accepted:

      • Plastic bottle lids and caps
      • Plastic tub and containers - Number 5 plastic only (ice cream tubs, yoghurt tubs, margarine containers, take away containers, plastic meat trays). Please note we do not take Number 1 (PET) or 2 (HDPE) plastic containers or bottles. (These go in your kerbside yellow bin)
      • Plastic Beer Clips - these are collected and repurposed by Donut Waste
      • Metal bottle caps and jar lids both aluminum and steel. Please sort into aluminum and steel.
      • Pens and marker pens (not pencils or crayons)
      • Oral care items - now including electric toothbrush heads,
      • Electric toothbrushes, chargers and cords.
      • Brita Water Filters
      • Corks
      • Bread tags
      • Sports Equipment – items are collected and distributed to community groups through Fairgame - fairgame.org.au.   (No Helmets)
      • Plastic flower pots – Number 5 plant pots (which we also encourage you to take and reuse if you have things to plant.).   Please knock out excess soil and remove labels.
        • Note: We do not recycle Blister Packs, Plant Labels, Glass Jars, Light globes or Batteries