As of July 2026, Perth businesses can book commingled recycling and organics wheelie bins in 240L, 660L, and 1100L, alongside general waste. What goes in each, and why separating cuts your general waste bill.
Perth businesses can now book commingled recycling and organics wheelie bins through Bin Hire Australia, in 240L, 660L, and 1100L sizes on weekly collection, alongside general waste in the same three sizes. This is new as of July 2026: until now, general waste was the only stream bookable through the platform in Perth, and 1100L was not offered at all. Coverage runs across 116 Perth metro postcodes, from Alkimos in the north to Port Kennedy in the south.
No law requires a Perth business to separate its waste; WA has no commercial separation mandate. The reason to do it is economic, and the economics are straightforward.
General waste is the expensive stream. Everything in it goes to landfill, and landfill disposal in metro WA carries the state levy and gate fees inside every collection. Cardboard, containers, and food waste are the densest, heaviest things most businesses throw out, and every litre of them you move into a recycling or organics bin is a litre of general waste capacity you stop paying for.
The practical version for a typical shop or venue: flatten the cardboard and move it plus bottles and cans into recycling, move the food waste into organics, and the general bin that was overflowing is suddenly the right size, or a size smaller. Our guide to what actually sets your Perth waste price explains where the money sits in a collection price.
Commingled recycling (240L, 660L, 1100L): flattened cardboard, paper, rigid plastic containers, glass bottles and jars, aluminium and steel cans. Keep out soft plastics, food, and polystyrene: one bag of general rubbish can contaminate the load.
Organics (240L, 660L, 1100L): food scraps, coffee grounds, spoiled stock, and garden or greens material. Keep out packaging of any kind, including compostable-labelled packaging unless your provider confirms it is accepted.
General waste (240L, 660L, 1100L): whatever genuinely has nowhere else to go. The goal of the other two bins is to make this one smaller.
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Get your exact priceDo not copy your general bin size across to the new streams. Most businesses run a smaller organics bin than they expect (food waste is dense) and a larger recycling bin than they expect (cardboard is bulky even flattened). The Perth bin size guide covers sizing by business type, and the quote flow does the arithmetic for your specific setup.
If your bins sit in a laneway or anywhere the public can reach, a lockable bin option is also now available in Perth, which is worth having on a recycling bin you are keeping clean.
Enter your address and business type in the quote flow. You will see the exact per-collection price for each stream in about two minutes, locked before you book, with no markup added. A vetted local Perth provider delivers the bins, runs the weekly collections, and invoices you directly. Existing general-waste customers can add streams the same way: quote the new setup and the provider handles the change.
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Commingled recycling wheelie bins in 240L, 660L, and 1100L, on weekly collection. Organics bins come in the same three sizes, as does general waste. All three streams became bookable Perth-wide in July 2026.
No. WA has no commercial waste separation mandate. The case for separating is financial: recycling and organics divert the heaviest, bulkiest material out of your general waste bin, which is the stream that carries landfill costs.
116 metro postcodes, from Alkimos in the north to Port Kennedy in the south. Yanchep, Two Rocks, and Mandurah are outside the current range. Enter your postcode in the quote flow to confirm your address instantly.
Yes. Run your address and business type through the quote flow to price the added streams, and the local provider who already services you handles the change and the invoicing directly.
Soft plastics, food waste, polystyrene, and bagged rubbish are the usual offenders. A contaminated load can be rejected and go to landfill, so keep the recycling bin clean and consider a lockable bin if the public can reach it.
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