Published on Wednesday, 22 October 2025 at 8:00:00 AM
From 12 January 2026, the Town of Bassendean is moving from a skip bin service to a pre-booked loose verge collection service, called Verge Collect, with WA Recycling Services as the new contractor.
The change comes after feedback during a community survey in 2024 highlighted over 63% of people preferred loose verge collection to the current skip bin-based system.
Why? Respondents told us it’s easier to place items on the verge, encourages reuse and recycling while the items are there, and helps us to recover more materials once the items are collected.
Until the new system is in place, residents can still book one skip bin (general or green waste) until late December 2025.
From January to June 2026, each household will get one pre-booked loose verge collection (general or green).
From July 2026 onwards, residents will receive two collections per financial year – either general or green (residents can opt for both green waste, but not both general waste).
This service is for residential properties only.
Bookings for Verge Collect will be open from mid-December, with collections occurring weekly on Mondays from 12 January 2026. Details on how to book and how to set out your waste will be coming soon, but the capacity allowance will be the same as your skip bin (3m3 or 3m x1m x 1m).
Bulky items like white goods, mattresses, and lounges will still be booked and collected separately, but from January this will be done by WA Recycling Services. The last date for the whitegoods/ mattresses/ lounges collection with Veolia is 18 December.
Kerbside bin collections stay the same and will continue to be handled by Veolia.
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