Henderson Waste Recovery Park

Cockburn property owners receive six trailer passes with their annual rates notices.  Trailer passes are issued on a prorata system for new builds and purchase of property (not vacant land). Trailer passes can be used for standard entry into the Henderson Waste Recovery Park and for green waste disposal. They also allow for green waste disposal only at the Regional Resource Recovery Centre in Canningvale for those that live closer to this area.

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 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.

The City’s keeps its fees and charges to the absolute minimum required to operate the facility.

There are many costs associated with landfill and recycling, including:

• 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 $85 + GST for every tonne of waste sent to landfill.

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.

Public waste drop-off

• 8am-4pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Closed for maintenance on Wednesday.

Commercial weighbridge

• 7am to 4pm from Monday to Friday
• Closed weekends

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).  
 

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.