Henderson Waste Recovery Park

Asbestos must be:

• Firmly wrapped and sealed in heavy duty builder’s plastic

• Put in bundles that you can manage without assistance

• Placed on top of the load for inspection prior to entry

• Delivered before 4pm (to allow for special burial).

Please note there is an additional charge for disposing of asbestos at $8 per full-size sheet for residents and $9 per full-size sheet for non-residents. Please refer to Trailer passes, fees and charges shown below.

Disposal of environmentally sensitive, extraordinary or Class II or III waste is by negotiation.

Special handling charges apply for non-compliance and/or burials. Please refer to Trailer passes, fees and charges shown below.

Domestic quantities of green waste (including branches and pruning suitable for mulching) is accepted at Henderson Waste Recovery Park. This green waste is processed into mulch which is free and available to people visiting HWRP.

You can also dispose of green waste at the Regional Resource Recovery Centre (view Google map for directions and opening hours).

Please refer to Trailer passes, fees and charges shown below.

A maximum of four innerspring mattresses can be disposed of per load (not including base or foam mattresses).

Please note there is an additional charge for disposing of mattresses, at $20 per innerspring mattress. Fee will change to $25 from 1 February 2022.

Please refer to Trailer passes, fees and charges shown below.
 

Paint
Residents and businesses can dispose of paint and paint containers free of charge via the Paintback scheme.
A maximum of 100 litres in volume will be accepted per visit.
Paint must be in containers no larger than 20 litres.

Household hazardous waste
Residents can dispose of up to 20 litres per day of household hazardous waste, free of charge.
The types of hazardous waste accepted includes:

• Acids

• Aerosols – CFC based

• Aerosols, flammable – paint and lacquers

• Aerosols, flammable - pesticide

• Alkali

• Arsenic based products

• Batteries – nickel cadmium

• Batteries – other (excludes Lithium and Thionyl Chloride)

• Cyanides

• Engine coolants and glycols

• Fire extinguishers – non-Halon

• Flammable liquids - hydrocarbons and fuels

• Flammable solids

• Flares

• Fluorescent tubes, CFL and light fittings

• Gas Cylinders

• General household chemicals eg cleaners

• Heavy metal compounds

• Inorganic oxidising agents – eg pool chlorine

• Low level radioactive substances eg smoke detectors

• Mercury – elemental

• Organic peroxides

• PCB materials

• Pesticides

• Solvents – halogenated

• Toxics

• Unknown chemicals (if they are in a secure, sealed, chemical resistant container).

A maximum of four tyres can be disposed of per load (on or off rim).

Please note there is an additional charge for disposing of tyres.
There is a $8 charge per car tyre and $14 charge per 4WD tyre.
Please refer to Trailer passes, fees and charges shown below.

Cockburn property owners receive six trailer passes with their annual rates notices. Trailer passes can be used for standard entry into the Henderson Waste Recovery Park and for disposal of green waste at the Regional Resource Recovery Centre.

If you rent a property, contact your landlord or agent to request a trailer pass.

If you do not have a trailer pass, you will need to pay the entry fee (see below).

How to use your trailer pass

Present your trailer pass at the gate, with the vouchers intact (cut off vouchers will not be accepted).​

Important note: You cannot sell or transfer your trailer passes.

Additional charges

Please note there is an additional charge for the disposal of asbestos, innerspring mattresses, tyres and class II and III waste. See below.

1. Trailer passes cannot be sold or transferred to any person or company.
2. Trailer passes can only be used by the ratepayer who is paying rates for the service
3. Trailer passes can be cancelled if ratepayers are found to be selling or transferring their passes
4. The provision of 6 trailer passes is generous and is not provided by any other local government in WA
5. Why can you not sell or transfer your trailer passes?
   1. Henderson Waste Recovery Park (HWRP) operates seven days per week and delivers numerous services that are costly to maintain
   2. Trailer passes that are sold can be used by non-Cockburnians for waste generated of the Cockburn area. This could potentially lead to higher rates in order to manage the additional waste.
   3. Contractors who purchase trailer passes receive an unentitled benefit while still often charging their customers for waste disposal

The following charges are in addition to the tip pass or entry fee.

A seven day a week landfill and recycling operation is expensive. You may not know:

• Modern, best-practice landfills must not present an environmental hazard for future generations. Constructing and operating a safe and clean landfill costs many millions of dollars.
• For many decades after the landfill is full, costly environmental protection and monitoring of the site is required.
• Landfill plant and equipment is highly specialised and expensive to purchase, operate and maintain in the harsh environment.
• Specialist recyclers charge the City of Cockburn for recycling materials like cardboard, e–waste, tyres and mattresses. In fact, scrap metal and items sold in the Reuse Shop are the only items that generate an income for the City.
• The City must pay the State Government a landfill levy of $70 + GST for every tonne of waste sent to landfill. Each small trailer load of waste weighs an average of 300kg, which costs the City $21 per trailer.

The City’s fees and charges are kept to an absolute minimum.

The City treats all items it receives as waste and charges a fee for the following reasons: 

• Some items dropped at the Reuse Shop can’t be sold for safety reasons. The State Government forbids the sale of certain products such as cots, helmets, baby capsules and cycle machines, even if they’re in great condition.
• Some items like office chairs are over-supplied and difficult to sell.

The City’s trained staff must assess whether each item is suitable for resale. The feedback from our customers is that they appreciate the high quality of items in the Reuse Shop, which can only be maintained by charging to accept waste items. 

During the week, most of the Henderson Waste Recovery Park’s customers are commercial and do not visit the Reuse Shop. Most domestic customers attend the site on the weekends when they have time to browse.

Only opening the shop on weekends when it is busy reduces operating costs and allows us to keep prices low. 

Separating your waste makes unloading quicker and helps us to recycle more of your waste.

Opening hours are 8am-4.30pm, seven days per week, 362 days per year. Staff start work at least one hour before the first customer arrives, and process waste for an hour after the last customer leaves. This is to ensure the site operates well and complies with its licence conditions.

The City of Cockburn provides its residents with generous additional waste removal and recycling opportunities through bulk verge collections, weekly recycle bin collections and fortnightly garden waste collections (eligible properties only).  
 

Uncontrolled dogs have resulted in attacks at the community drop-off facility. This measure protects staff and customers. 

Residents receive six trailer passes each year for their own household waste. The annual rates include a waste charge based on how many trailer passes were used in the previous year.  

The City is aware that some residents sell or give away their trailer passes. This leads to additional disposal costs, which will increase everyone’s annual rates in the following year. 

Trailer passes will be cancelled when we believe fraud has occurred.