Water & environment · City of Wanneroo
Wanneroo waste committee votes 4-0 to recommend its own disbandment
The Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee has asked the next Ordinary Council Meeting to consider disbanding it. The recommendation is not yet a council decision.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
Wanneroo’s Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee has voted 4-0 to recommend that the next Ordinary Council Meeting disband the committee, adding the proposal to its Quarterly Projects and Education Report on 19 October.
The amended motion combined receipt of the report with a recommendation that council disband the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee. Crs Phil Bedworth, Paul Miles, Bronwyn Smith and Jordan Wright voted for it, with no votes against, according to the City of Wanneroo’s unconfirmed minutes.
The vote does not immediately end the committee. The minutes record a recommendation for the next Ordinary Council Meeting, but do not give the date of that meeting or record a council decision. The date of the committee’s next meeting is also listed as to be confirmed.
The recommendation was recorded alongside updates on waste services. From 4 November, the City plans to change the fortnightly recycling and garden organics collection rotation in Alkimos while retaining Wednesday collections. The stated purpose is to balance collection resources and improve fleet and workforce capacity. The minutes do not specify which properties will be affected.
The report also says the Wangara Transfer Station has operated fully since 1 July. Commingled recyclables and verge-side hard waste are delivered there, with hard waste sorted for recyclable recovery before residual material is sent to the Tamala Park Landfill Facility on an interim basis.
Separately, residents who pay the Waste Service Fee can use the Wangara Recycling Facility at 70 Motivation Drive, Wangara, for materials including clean green waste using annual green waste vouchers, e-waste, cardboard, expanded polystyrene, scrap metal and household hazardous waste.
This report is based on the City’s unconfirmed public minutes. It records the committee’s recommendation and vote, not a final decision by the Ordinary Council Meeting.
What deserves a closer look
The core governance action is an adopted committee recommendation, not an immediate disbandment or a final Ordinary Council Meeting decision.
The four councillors listed for the amended motion and no councillors listed against it match the recorded 4-0 result.
The complete supplied record does not give the date of the next Ordinary Council Meeting or record its decision on disbandment.
Questions for follow-up reporting
When will the Ordinary Council Meeting consider the recommendation to disband the committee?
If council adopts the recommendation, how would waste issues receive formal consideration?
Which Alkimos properties are included in the revised recycling and garden organics rotation?
What happens next
If the next Ordinary Council Meeting takes up the committee's recommendation, it would consider disbanding the committee; no council outcome is recorded in the supplied minutes.
The City plans to implement the revised recycling and garden organics collection rotation from 4 November 2026, with Wednesday collections retained.
The date of the next Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee meeting remains to be confirmed.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The document is labelled unconfirmed minutes of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee meeting held on 19 October 2026.
Unconfirmed Minutes Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 6:00PM, Monday 19 October, 2026 Council Chamber (Level 1), Civic Centre, 23 Dundebar Road, Wanneroo wanneroo.wa.gov.au UNCONFIRMED MINUTES OF WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 19 OCTOBER, 2026 CONTENTS ITEM 1 ATTENDANCES 1 ITEM 2 APOLOGIES AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE 1 ITEM 3 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES 1 3.1 MINUTES OF WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON 20 JULY 2026 1 ITEM 4 REPORTS 2 4.1 QUARTERLY OPERATIONS REPORT 2 4.2 QUARTERLY STRATEGIC REPORT 12 4.3 QUARTERLY PROJECT AND EDUCATION
Document title
Open original minutes ↗The amended committee motion received the Quarterly Projects and Education Report for the period ending September 2026 and recommended that the next Ordinary Council Meeting disband the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee.
Substantive Motion as Amended With the consent of the mover and seconder, the recommendation was amended by adding an additional Part 2 to the recommendation, and the original motion be numbered as Part 1, to read as follows: That the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee:- 1. RECEIVES the Quarterly Projects and Education Report for the period ending September 2026; and 2. RECOMMENDS to the next Ordinary Council Meeting to disband the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee. The substantive motion as amended was put and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 4/0 For the Motion: Cr Bedworth, Cr Miles, Cr Smith and Cr Wright Against the Motion: Nil Attachments: Nil CITY OF WANNEROO MINUTES OF WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING 19 OCTOBER, 2026 24 Item 5 Confidential Nil Item 6 To be Tabled Nil Item 7 Date of Next Meeting The next Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee Meeting is to be confirmed.
Item 4.3 Quarterly Project and Education Report — amended motion and result
Open original minutes ↗The amended motion was recorded as carried unanimously 4-0, with Crs Bedworth, Miles, Smith and Wright voting for it and no votes against. The next Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee meeting is listed as to be confirmed.
The substantive motion as amended was put and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 4/0 For the Motion: Cr Bedworth, Cr Miles, Cr Smith and Cr Wright Against the Motion: Nil Attachments: Nil CITY OF WANNEROO MINUTES OF WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING 19 OCTOBER, 2026 24 Item 5 Confidential Nil Item 6 To be Tabled Nil Item 7 Date of Next Meeting The next Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee Meeting is to be confirmed.
Item 4.3 Quarterly Project and Education Report — vote
Open original minutes ↗The council members listed include Phil Bedworth, Paul Miles, Bronwyn Smith and Jordan Wright.
Item 1 Attendances DELEGATES: Council Members: BRONWYN SMITH North-East Ward (Deputy Presiding Member) PHIL BEDWORTH Central-West Ward PAUL MILES Central East Ward (Mindarie Regional Council Delegate) JORDAN WRIGHT, JP Central Ward (Presiding Member) (Mindarie Regional Council Delegate) Officers: HARMINDER SINGH Director Assets JOHN GAULT Manager Waste Services KYLIE HOWARTH Coordinator Waste Management CLAIRE KELLY Acting Coordinator Projects and Education TRACEY ARDNT Senior Waste Management Officer TASMA RUSH-HARVEY Senior Council Services Officer (Minutes Officer) Item 2 Apologies and Leave of Absence LINDA AITKEN, JP Mayor (Apology) EMAN
Item 1 Attendances
Open original minutes ↗The City recorded a planned Alkimos change to the fortnightly recycling and garden organics rotation from 4 November 2026, retaining Wednesday collections, to balance collection resources and optimise fleet utilisation and workforce capacity.
Operational Program Updates The following operational improvement initiatives have been or are being implemented: A Briefing Note has been prepared and distributed to Councillors regarding a service change in Alkimos. To support continued growth in the northern corridor and better balance waste collection resources, the City will implement a change to the fortnightly Recycling and Garden Organics collection rotation from 4 November 2026. The existing Wednesday collection day will be retained, while the revised rotation will optimise fleet utilisation and workforce capacity to meet future service demands. The Wangara Transfer Station commenced full operations on 1 July 2026.
Item 4.1 Quarterly Operations Report — Operational Program Updates
Open original minutes ↗The Wangara Transfer Station commenced full operations on 1 July 2026 and receives commingled recyclables and verge-side hard waste. Hard waste is sorted to recover recyclable materials before residual waste is transported to the Tamala Park Landfill Facility on an interim basis.
The existing Wednesday collection day will be retained, while the revised rotation will optimise fleet utilisation and workforce capacity to meet future service demands. The Wangara Transfer Station commenced full operations on 1 July 2026. Commingled recyclables and verge-side hard waste are now delivered to the facility. Verge-side hard waste is sorted to recover recyclable materials before residual waste is transported to the Tamala Park Landfill Facility on an interim basis.
Item 4.1 Quarterly Operations Report — Wangara Transfer Station
Open original minutes ↗Residents who pay the Waste Service Fee can drop off clean green waste using annual green waste vouchers, e-waste, cardboard, expanded polystyrene, scrap metal and household hazardous waste at the Wangara Recycling Facility, 70 Motivation Drive, Wangara.
The City operates the Wangara Recycling Facility (Community Drop‑Off and Recycling Facility) located at 70 Motivation Drive, Wangara. Residents who pay the Waste Service Fee can drop off a range of materials that cannot be placed in kerbside bins, including: • Clean green waste (using the annual green waste vouchers). • Recyclables such as e-waste, cardboard, expanded polystyrene and scrap metal. CITY OF WANNEROO MINUTES OF WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING 19 OCTOBER, 2026 3 • Household hazardous waste (HHW), including used engine oil, batteries, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), mobile phones, printer cartridges.
Item 4.1 Quarterly Operations Report — Wangara Recycling Facility
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the City of Wanneroo’s unconfirmed public minutes of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee meeting held on 19 October 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The committee recommended that the next Ordinary Council Meeting disband the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee.
- The amended motion was recorded as carried unanimously, 4-0, on 19 October 2026.
- The recommendation is not a final council decision and does not immediately disband the committee.
- The City said the Alkimos recycling and garden organics rotation would change from 4 November 2026, with Wednesday collections retained.
- The Wangara Recycling Facility at 70 Motivation Drive accepts several materials from residents who pay the Waste Service Fee; clean green waste drop-offs use annual green waste vouchers.
Why it matters
- The recommendation could change how waste issues receive formal committee consideration in Wanneroo if council adopts it. The supplied minutes record no council decision.