Over $8,000 paid for our rubbish
The $8,000 from Simms Metals Group will go towards the bulldozer, loader and backhoe operations that keep the tip site in reasonable order. This money would otherwise have to come from ratepayers. Well done to the many people who are separating their rubbish at the Goomalling refuse site. By separating your waste, Council is able to recycle some of it for the benefit of the community.
Many people also use the recycling service generously provided by the Goomalling Lions Club. Funds raised from your recycling efforts are put back into the region through donations to Goomalling Primary School, Sacred Heart School, Dowerin District High School, Bolgart Primary School, Calingiri Primary School, Goomalling Hospital, Goomalling St John Ambulance Sub Centre and various other community and sporting groups in Goomalling.
So remember, by recycling, we are helping the environment, our community and ourselves financially. So what can be reused or recycled in Goomalling? Read on to find out.
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Too good to throw away?
You can donate your unwanted goods (in good, clean condition) to Knick Knacks Op Shop on Railway Tce in Goomalling – funds raised from Knick Knacks are given to local volunteer organisations. If you want to sell your unwanted goods, advertise them in the Endeavour or consider using Dowerin-based cockymart.com.au, WA’s own rural classified website.
Ready to recycle
The Goomalling Lions Club can pick up newspapers, glass and plastic containers and aluminium cans from your front verge in town on the first Sunday of every month. You can also drop off your separated recyclables in the following places.
Material | Lions Club | Where to take them | Guidelines |
| Aluminium cans | Yes | Both primary schools’ collection points or at the Old Goods Shed over the railway line. | |
Cardboard | Yes | At the Old Goods Shed over the railway line. | Please flatten and place the cardboard in the cage if there’s room or weigh it down. |
Clothes and household items |
| Knick Knacks op-shop next to Eziway on Railway Tce. | All items must be clean and in good order. |
Drums |
| Ask the Shire when the next drumMUSTER will be. | Must be empty and clean. |
Egg cartons |
| Eziway. |
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Glass jars and bottles | Yes | Both primary schools’ collection points or at the Old Goods Shed over the railway line. | No window type glass please as it may have been laminated or tempered. |
Green waste |
| In the allocated place at the Goomalling tip. | Big logs go in a separate area at the tip. |
Light gauge scrap metal |
| In the allocated place at the Goomalling tip. | Can include metal pipes, wire bed frames, sheet metal. |
Mobile phones |
| The Bendigo Bank has bags you can send away your old phone in for recycling. |
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Newspapers | Yes | The shed behind the Pharmacy or at the Old Goods Shed over the railway line. | Flat bundles no more than 30cm thick. No gloss inserts or glossy magazines. |
Old cars |
| In the allocated place at the Goomalling tip |
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Plant pots | Yes | At the Old Goods Shed over the railway line. | Must be clean as they go in with the other plastics. |
Plastic containers | Yes | Both primary schools’ collection points, at the Old Goods Shed over the railway line or next to Eziway. | You can bring any kind of plastic containers except for margarine and yoghurt containers. Please remove bottle lids. |
Vehicle batteries |
| Mortlock Fabrications or at the Old Goods Shed over the railway line. |
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White shredded paper |
| At the Old Goods Shed over the railway line. | You can bring coloured shredded paper too, but please keep it separated from the white. In garbage bags is fine. |
The tip
The Goomalling tip has allocated areas for different materials such as construction waste (e.g sand, soil, bricks, concrete, etc) and white goods. Please separate your waste into the various allocated areas, this helps with potential recycling.
What NOT to take to the tip
The Goomalling tip doesn’t accept vehicle tyres and waste oil. Waste oil can be disposed of for a fee of 25 cents a litre at the oil compound in Williams Rd, Goomalling. Please contact the Shire on 9629 1101 for details.
Asbestos
If you need to dispose of asbestos, please contact the Shire on 9629 1101 for details.