For the first time, local council waste and recycling data is available on the Western Australian Government’s MyCouncil website.
Environment Minister Stephen Dawson said the data offers an opportunity for local government communities to better understand their waste footprint and assess progress towards a more sustainable and low-waste future.
“Western Australians want to do the right thing when it comes to waste and by making this data publicly available we can all work collaboratively to reduce waste generation,” Mr Dawson said.
The data, sourced from the Waste Authority’s annual Local Government Waste and Recycling Census, includes the quantities of waste collected, disposed to landfill and recovered by local governments for each type of waste service offered.
“As we roll this out we expect to see improved resource recovery in metropolitan local governments that will be reflected each year on MyCouncil — helping us to meet the state government’s target of at least 75 per cent of waste generated in Western Australia to be reused or recycled by 2030,” Mr Dawson said.
According to Local Government Minister David Templeman, the data shows councils south of the river are significantly reducing waste to landfill, with East Fremantle, Melville, Cockburn and Fremantle all ranking among the top five recycling performers in the Perth metropolitan area.
“Making this data available in a central location on the MyCouncil website will improve transparency around local government waste performance and provide them with an increased incentive to improve their resource recovery performance,” Mr Templeman said.
Top 10 metropolitan recyclers
| East Fremantle (Town) | 61% |
| Cockburn (City) | 61% |
| Melville (City) | 60% |
| Joondalup (City) | 55% |
| Fremantle (City) | 54% |
| Wanneroo (City) | 53% |
| Nedlands (City) | 52% |
| Cottesloe (Town) | 50% |
| Stirling (City) | 47% |
| Vincent (City) | 46% |
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