Find out more about the Shire’s waste management operations, including applicable fees and charges, transfer stations, rural waste transfer facility access cards for rural residents, and recycling.
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- Scrolling to Davis Road Recycling and Waste Management Facility and Tip Shop
- Scrolling to Transfer stations (for residents without kerbside collections)
- Scrolling to Rural waste transfer facility access card (smart card access)
- Scrolling to Containers and plastic recycling
- Scrolling to Waste disposal charges
- Scrolling to More information and contact
Davis Road Recycling and Waste Management Facility and Tip Shop
Location and opening hours
Opening hours: Open 7 days a week from 8am to 4pm (except Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday)
Phone: (08) 9780 5677
Address: Davis Road, Witchcliffe. (View Google Map)
Tip Shop
Have a browse through the Tip Shop and grab yourself a bargain. If you have any items suitable for the tip shop, let the gate attendants know on arrival.
Transfer stations (for residents without kerbside collections)
Transfer stations are only available for residents/ratepayers who do not have access to the kerbside collection service.
Locations
Domestic household waste, including recyclables, can be dropped off at the following locations:
- Cowaramup Bay Road, Cowaramup (View Google Maps)
- Poole Road, Kudardup (View Google Maps)
- Bessel Road, Rosa Brook (View Google Maps)
- Beck Road, Alexandra Bridge (View Google Maps)
Opening hours
Opening hours are from 8am to 4pm, 7 days a week.
Important notes
- Only residents with a Shire authorised smart card can access these facilities. See below for information on rural waste transfer facility access card for rural residents.
- Bulk waste items are not accepted at any transfer stations and must be brought to the Davis Road Recycling and Waste Management Facility for disposal/recovery.
Rural waste transfer facility access card (smart card access)
Rural residents who have a habitable dwelling on their property and do not receive a kerbside collection service are provided with a rural waste transfer facility access card.
The access card can be used for up to 52 disposals of 0.25 cubic metres (the equivalent of a wheelie bin) of domestic household waste.
Domestic waste is defined as normal household waste suitable for disposal via a regular kerbside waste bin collection.
Household waste that does not meet the criteria, such as mattresses, bulky items, and cupboards, will be charged under the current Shire disposal fees and charges. This service is not for Commercial business disposal.
Rural waste transfer facility access cards (smart card) are assigned to properties based on their locality. If you are allocated a smart card for a waste facility you do not use, please contact our team on (08) 9780 5255 to update your preferences.
Containers and plastic recycling
Containers for Change (for eligible containers)
You can collect eligible containers and take them to a refund point to earn money for yourself or make a donation to a worthy local cause.
Most aluminium, glass, plastic, steel and liquid paperboard drink containers between 150ml and 3L are eligible.
To register and find out more, visit the Containers for Change website.
Precious Plastics (for plastic bottle tops and lids)
You can save your plastic bottle tops and container lids, then take them to the Precious Plastic drop off points located at several community drop off points. This innovative group turns bottle tops and lids into surfboard fins, plant pots, and other items.
To find out more, visit the Precious Plastic website.
The drumMUSTER Program (for agricultural and veterinary chemical containers)
As a local environmental initiative, the drumMUSTER Program collects and recycles eligible, pre-cleaned agricultural and veterinary chemical containers.
Drums with the drumMUSTER logo can be returned to the Davis Road Recycling and Waste Management Facility only.
Important note: Please contact the Gate Attendant on (08) 9780 5677 prior to bringing in your drums.
Find out more about the DrumMuster Program.
Waste disposal charges
Please refer to the Waste Management Fees and Charges page.
Waste disposal charges FAQs
All residential properties serviced by the kerbside collection service, are required to pay a mandatory fee for their 3-bin FOGO kerbside collection service. In 2023-2024, this fee is $360 per 3-bin service for the entire year, as listed in the Waste Management Fees and Charges. Due to the rising costs of fuel, transport and processing of each of the three waste streams, this fee was increased in line with the 5.8% CPI to March 2023.
Costs associated with waste collection, processing and disposal are ever increasing and so are the environmental and legislative requirements. As such, it is important that the Shire sustainably prices its services to minimise the long-term impact of processing waste, and to ensure that impact to the local environment is managed as much as possible.
Costs associated with waste collection, processing and disposal are ever increasing and so are the environmental and legislative requirements. As such, it is important that the Shire sustainably prices its services to minimise the long-term impact of processing waste, and to ensure that impact to the local environment is managed as much as possible.
The mandatory 3-bin FOGO kerbside collection service fee includes the costs associated with collection, transportation and processing of all three waste streams.
Landfill
The contents of the red-lid general waste bin are currently landfilled at the Davis Road Waste Management Facility by the Shire’s waste team. In 2018-2019 up to 78% of the Shire’s waste collected by kerbside collection was landfilled. Following the introduction of the mandatory residential 3-bin FOGO kerbside collection system, this number has reduced significantly to 39% in 2022-2023.Recycling
The contents of the yellow-lid recycling bin are sent to Picton where it is compacted and sent on to Cleanaway’s Material Recovery Facility in Perth. Here, recyclable materials are sorted into their respective types through a combination of manual and automated sorting processes. Once sorted, decontaminated and baled, materials are on-sold to domestic and international markets for recycling into new products.FOGO
The contents of the the lime-green lidded FOGO bin are transported to Bunbury Harvey Regional Council’s Banksia Road Organics Processing Facility where it is commercially composed into organically certified compost, and on-sold to commercial and agricultural markets.
All rateable properties within the Shire, including vacant land, commercial and industrial properties, are required to pay the Waste Facility Maintenance Rate regardless of their individual kerbside collection services.
This fee is exclusively used to fund infrastructure, equipment upgrades and maintenance expenses at each of our waste facilities. The majority of these funds are used to upgrade and maintain the facilities of the Shire’s Davis Road Recycling and Waste Management Facility in Witchcliffe. All General Waste collected within the Shire of Augusta Margaret River is landfilled at this facility. Reuse opportunities also exist at this facility where scrap metal recycling, green waste mulching, e-waste, batteries and other materials are processed.
Saleable items are offered for reuse at the Davis Road Tip Shop for very reasonable fees. Small amounts of construction and demolition wastes are also processed here.
In the 2022-2023 financial year, the Shire decreased the Waste Facility Maintenance Rate to $170 per rateable property and has kept this rate at $170 per property for 2023-2024.
The Shire will continually review this rate to ensure infrastructure and rehabilitation obligations can be funded.
This fee is exclusively used to fund infrastructure, equipment upgrades and maintenance expenses at each of our waste facilities. The majority of these funds are used to upgrade and maintain the facilities of the Shire’s Davis Road Recycling and Waste Management Facility in Witchcliffe. All General Waste collected within the Shire of Augusta Margaret River is landfilled at this facility. Reuse opportunities also exist at this facility where scrap metal recycling, green waste mulching, e-waste, batteries and other materials are processed.
Saleable items are offered for reuse at the Davis Road Tip Shop for very reasonable fees. Small amounts of construction and demolition wastes are also processed here.
In the 2022-2023 financial year, the Shire decreased the Waste Facility Maintenance Rate to $170 per rateable property and has kept this rate at $170 per property for 2023-2024.
The Shire will continually review this rate to ensure infrastructure and rehabilitation obligations can be funded.
All residential properties who are not currently serviced by a kerbside collection service, have access to a Rural Waste Transfer Station to dispose of their residential waste and recycling.
The Rural Waste Transfer Facility Fee includes the costs associated with collection, transportation and processing of both the general waste and co-mingled recycling services provided at these facilities.
In 2023-2024, this fee is listed as $118 per access card in the Waste Management Fees and Charges for 52 disposals of an equivalent kerbside ‘wheelie bin’ amount of waste and recycling.
Due to the rising costs of fuel, transport and processing of each of the two streams, this fee was increased by 4% from 2022-2023 (less than the 5.8% of CPI to March 2023).
The Rural Waste Transfer Facility Fee includes the costs associated with collection, transportation and processing of both the general waste and co-mingled recycling services provided at these facilities.
In 2023-2024, this fee is listed as $118 per access card in the Waste Management Fees and Charges for 52 disposals of an equivalent kerbside ‘wheelie bin’ amount of waste and recycling.
Due to the rising costs of fuel, transport and processing of each of the two streams, this fee was increased by 4% from 2022-2023 (less than the 5.8% of CPI to March 2023).
Landfill
The contents of the general waste bins at each of the Rural Waste Transfer Stations are currently landfilled at the Davis Road Waste Management Facility by the Shire’s waste team.Recycling
The contents of the co-mingled recycling bins at each of the Rural Waste Transfer Stations are sent to Picton where it is compacted and sent on to Cleanaway’s Material Recovery Facility in Perth. Here, recyclable materials are sorted into their respective types through a combination of manual and automated sorting processes. Once sorted, decontaminated and baled, materials are on-sold to domestic and international markets for recycling into new products.More information and contact
For more information, contact the Shire’s Waste Team on (08) 9780 5269 or email [email protected]