Waste facility tours
1.5-hour tour of the Hanrahan Road Waste Facility, which can be tailored for primary or secondary students. The tour includes a visit to the Materials Recovery Facility and Fossicker’s Tip Shop.

Waste incursions
Incursions, presentations and activities can be tailored to school requirements.

Waste audits
Assistance is available to schools wishing to conduct a waste audit, including tarps, buckets, tongs and scales.

Interactive waste sorting activity
Schools can request to loan the City’s Waste Sorting Activity, which includes large bin cutouts and icons of a range of items for students to identify which bin they should go in.

Contact the City’s Sustainability & Waste Team at sustainable@albany.wa.gov.au for more information.

School Battery Program
The City of Armadale offers schools the opportunity to participate in a household battery collection program for the correct disposal and recycling of batteries. 

Your school will receive:

• Two 4 litre pails that are “dangerous goods” (DG) approved
• Education posters
• Collection and storage guidelines
• An email containing standard wording and images to promote battery recycling.

For your school to participate, please complete the registration form on the website and send to Waste Services.

The Recoverables School Program
The City of Armadale partners with Veolia Recycling & Recovery to provide a free waste education program to local schools. The program is designed to help students understand the relationship between waste and the environment.

Contact Veolia on education.anz@veolia.com or 08 9350 7111 to find out more or book a visit.

For any further assistance or enquiries the City’s Circular Economy Education Officer can be reached on:
Phone: (08) 9394 5153
Email: info@armadale.wa.gov.au

The City of Bayswater can assist with the delivery of waste education, waste sorting education materials and assist with arranging tours of recycling facilities.

School Recycling Education Program – participating in FOGO and recycling collections provided by the City

Waste and Environment Incursions, delivered by Environment House

Cleanaway Materials Recovery Facility tour – see how recycling is sorted after collection.

Waste Education Staff help - Interactive learning stall for school fetes and expos. Available during normal business hours and after hours with appropriate notice.

Contact the City’s FOGO team on fogo@bayswater.wa.gov.au or visit https://bayswater.wa.gov.au/waste for more information. 

Early Childhood incursions
This incursion teaches early childhood students about waste through a variety of fun and interactive games and stories, plus a visit from our bin mascots, Freddy FOGO or Reggie Recycling Bin.

Primary school incursions
This incursion teaches students about waste through a variety of fun and interactive games developed by Recycle Right and WMRC. The games consist of:

• The GREAT Gifting game
• The Responsible Recycler game
• The Excellent Earthcycler puzzle
• The Awesome Avoiders game
• The Terrific Taker Relay points
• Landfill is the Last Resort activity
• Containers for Change game

The games can be adjusted for age groups to make them more / less challenging. Each session commences and concludes with a summary to consolidate student learning. This program took out the Community Waste Award and Local Government Award at the 2022 WasteSorted Awards.

Secondary school incursions
Incursions investigate the issues of waste and the impacts landfill has on our environment. Students will identify the importance of reducing and correctly sorting waste by recycling and composting and learn how to reduce the amount of waste we produce on a daily basis. Incursions can be tailored to suit the classes requesting the session.  

General waste education
Our waste reduction team can help with any waste-related queries and suggest activities and resources for your school.

Waste audits
Assistance is available to schools wishing to conduct a waste audit, including tarps, buckets, tongs and scales.

Waste Education Project Officers: Jo Walker and Margaret Macindoe

Email: WasteEducation@Bunbury.wa.gov.au

Primary school incursions
This incursion teaches students about waste through a variety of fun and interactive games developed by Recycle Right & WMRC. The games consist of:

1. The GREAT Gifting game
2. The Responsible Recycler game
3. The Excellent Earthcycler puzzle
4. The Awesome Avoiders game
5. The Terrific Taker Relay points
6. Containers for Change game

The games can be adjusted for age groups to make them more / less challenging. Each session commences and concludes with a summary to consolidate student learning. This program took out the Community Waste Award and Local Government Award at the 2022 WasteSorted Awards.

General waste education
Our waste reduction team can help with any waste-related queries and suggest activities and resources for your school.

Waste Project Officer: Julie Brockman
Email: waste@canning.wa.gov.au

Schools can access free waste education incursions and excursions focusing on waste avoidance, creative reuse of resources and effective recycling. 

Resource Recovery tours
The City can provide free bus travel to Henderson Waste Recovery Park. Students will learn about landfill, waste separation and resource recovery. 

• Tour cost is free.
• Minimum age is ten years old.
• Tour size is one school class per tour.
• Adult supervision, one adult per eight students is required.
• Closed shoes required.
• Tour duration is 1.5 hours.

Book a tour here. 

Waste incursions
The City offers school incursions/workshops and waste education program on the following topics:

• What is waste, waste reduction, why we should reduce the waste we generate. (Y5-12)
• Food waste. (Y5-12)
• Plastics and plastic waste. (Y5-12)
• Fashion and textile waste. (Y5-12)

The City’s waste education team can also tailor activities to your school’s needs which include:

• Composting and worm farming workshops
• Giant board game
• Memory game
• School waste audits
• Port Coogee Marina Seabin excursion and presentation
• 'Which bin?' game
• Toys/clothes swaps
• Beeswax wrap demo
• KABC Adopt-a-spot school clean ups.

Waste Education Trailer
Schools can borrow the City's mobile waste education trailer, which contains resources on how to reduce, reuse and recycle, as well as fun activities and games. (Recommended for primary school aged children)

School recycling hubs
The waste education team offer recycling hubs to local schools free of charge to encourage recycling of batteries, light globes, small e-waste and printer cartridges as well as separate recycling hubs for aerosols as these items do not belong in either the general waste or recycling bins.

Waste educator: Alana Fluit
Email: wasteeducation@cockburn.wa.gov.au

School Visit Program
Primary schools in the City of Fremantle can book free, interactive waste education sessions with Cleanaway, designed for students in Years 1–6. These hands-on, curriculum-aligned visits support learning in sustainability, recycling, and resource recovery. Each 1-hour session caters to up to 25 students, with a minimum of two sessions per booking. Spots are limited — contact Cleanaway’s Education and Resource Recovery Specialist on 0498 826 964 to secure your place.

For further information visit: Waste education - City of Fremantle.

Waste incursions
The City of Joondalup’s waste contractor, Solo, deliver the waste education program.

Please contact the City of Joondalup on info@joondalup.wa.gov.au / 9400 4000 for more information.

Waste Sustainability and Education Officers: Alex Lund / Sasha Brampton
Email: alex.lund@joondalup.wa.gov.au

Waste Incursion
We can provide waste and recycling incursions, or we can meet with your Green Team/Waste Warriors and inspire them to take action within their school community. We can tailor a waste incursion to meet your requirements or lesson outcomes. We can also assist with waste and recycling related queries and suggest activities and resources for your school including setting up a recycling hub at your school using upcycled items.

Walliston Transfer Station Tours
Our staff can provide a tour of the Walliston Transfer Station, located at 155 Lawnbrook Road, Walliston. It can be tailored for primary or secondary students. The tour includes a visit to the Second Chance Reuse Shop. Schools need to organise their own transport to the site, but the walking tour of the facility is free.

Assembly presentation on waste
Short ten-minute presentation to engage schools with waste. This works well with schools that have limited resources and time.

Waste audits
Assistance is available to schools wishing to conduct a waste audit, including tarps, buckets, tongs and scales.

Free downloadable resources
The City of Kalamunda offers a range of educational resources that are often being updated on their website: https://www.kalamunda.wa.gov.au/waste-education-resources/schools/.

Please contact the City of Kalamunda’s Waste & Sustainability Projects Officer, Michelle Taylor on 9257 9845 or michelle.taylor@kalamunda.wa.gov.au for more information.

Waste Education Day (Veolia recoverables)
Full day waste incursion for primary schools that covers how kerbside waste is collected in Kwinana and what happens to it once it leaves their house. Each year group has a session with a waste education officer from Veolia, our waste contractor.

Assembly presentation on waste
Short ten-minute presentation to engage schools with waste. This works well with schools that have limited resources and time.

School drop-off days
The City will fund and help facilitate a drop-off day for e-waste, pool covers or other items in the community and work with schools as a host.

Waste educator: Emily Tomsett
Email: Environmentwaste@kwinana.wa.gov.au

Incursions
The City of Mandurah has partnered with Cleanaway to present their School Education Program. This comprehensive program has been designed to complement national and state curriculum, while providing waste solutions at the local council level. It delivers interactive and engaging sustainability education sessions to students from Year 1 – Year 6 which endeavour to inspire and encourage students to become active, informed and sustainability-minded citizens.

The Cleanaway educators discuss solutions from all levels of the waste hierarchy and promote easy and authentic ways to care and look after our environment. The program encourages children to participate in taking responsibility for household and school waste and recycling efforts. They learn not only how to make the right choices for waste disposal, but more importantly how to prevent waste in the first place.

By equipping enquiring minds with the knowledge and understanding of good waste management practices it helps the next generation help us make a sustainable future possible together.

To book an incursion for your school, contact Amy MacKenzie. 

Email: council@mandurah.wa.gov.au
Phone: 9587 4660

Primary school incursions
Primary schools can request waste education incursions highlighting good waste sorting and avoidance behaviour. The sessions can integrate one or more of the interactive games developed by Recycle Right & WMRC: 

1. The GREAT Gifting game
2. The Responsible Recycler game
3. The Excellent Earthcycler puzzle
4. The Awesome Avoiders game
5. The Terrific Taker Relay points
6. Landfill is the Last Resort activity
7. Containers for Change game

The games can be adjusted for age groups to make them more / less challenging. 

To request a City of Melville waste education incursion, please contact melville.waste@melville.wa.gov.au

The City offers free incursions for schools, day cares and community groups within the City of Rockingham to enhance residents' understanding of recycling and correct waste management practices. The incursions are facilitated by the Environmental Education Officer.

Please return a completed booking form to customer@rockingham.wa.gov.au, and they will get back to you with availability.

Waste educators support schools with ‘nude food’ lunch boxes, the three-bin system, compost, bokashi and worm farms, container deposit scheme and battery recycling.

Contact: waste.services@stirling.wa.gov.au

Free downloadable resources
The City of Swan offers a range of educational resources and waste wise recipes free to download from their website: https://www.swan.wa.gov.au/waste-and-sustainability/education.

Waste education game hire
The City of Swan has waste education games for hire. The games teach kids about bin sorting, recycling and sustainability, in a fun interactive way. Games include:

• Bin sorting activity
• Litter bingo
• Memory game
• Sustainable city floor map game
• Sustainable house floor map game
• Waste and ladders floor map game
• Talking My Language (multilingual learning resource).

See the link for further information and booking: https://www.swan.wa.gov.au/waste-and-sustainability/education.

Waste incursions
The City of Swan is transitioning to a three-bin kerbside collection system, introducing the new FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics) bin to the waste services. To help prepare families for the change, the Waste Education team is offering free incursions.

The incursion cycles students through various stations where they engage in fun, interactive activities related to the City’s three-bin kerbside collection system. These activities have been designed by teachers and include a complementary takeaway item to encourage students to continue their learning and initiate discussions at home.

The program has been designed for primary school students, after-school care and guide groups. Best suited to ages 8+.

These incursions are FREE. Bookings are available for one or multiple sessions to fit in with school schedules and volume of students.

Interested in booking one? Reach out to us at ResourceRecoveryEducation@swan.wa.gov.au.

General waste education
Our waste and recycling team can help with any waste-related queries and suggest activities and resources for your school. We help you understand the 3 bin FOGO system now operating across all residential properties in Vincent and can develop tailored school programs and activities.

Email: waste.enquiry@vincent.wa.gov.au

Talking My Language Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) learning resource.
This suite of interactive waste sorting education kits is designed to assist those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds to better understand how to sort household waste using the three-bin FOGO (food organics, garden organics) system. Kits are available in 12 different languages, including English; each kit consists of double sided, colour coded waste sorting cards, three mini bins, and a ‘Sorting Your Waste’ flyer, and an activity sheet. The kits can be used for small group or whole-class educational activities, and are available for loan from the City of Vincent’s Library of Things.

Talking My Language learning resource
A multilingual interactive self-correcting learning resource. This set of materials is designed to assist those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds to better understand the three-bin system and how to sort their waste. Included in the kit is a pack of waste sorting cards, three mini bins, a ‘Sorting Your Waste’ flyer, and an activity sheet, which can be used with small groups to help educate and inform. It is available in 11 languages for 3 Bin GO system and 3 Bin FOGO system and can be purchased via online form.

Further information about the kits is available at Resources and downloads - Waste services - City of Wanneroo. 

Interactive waste education stall
Interactive learning stall for school fetes and expos. Available during normal business hours and after hours.

Waste education 'GREAT' games loan for City of Wanneroo schools
The City of Wanneroo Waste Education Team has a set of 'GREAT' games to loan to City of Wanneroo schools. The games focus on the waste sorting behaviours of gifting, recycling, earth-cycling, avoiding and taking, from the WasteSorted 'Be a GREAT Sort' campaign. The games are designed to be played in small groups and can be adjusted for age groups to make them more / less challenging.

If your school would like further information on these resources or help with any other waste-related queries, please contact Waste Education.

Waste Educators: Emma Syme and Marika Burke wasteeducation@wanneroo.wa.gov.au.

Cleanaway Waste Management offers a range of waste education programs that are delivered by a dedicated Resource Recovery and Waste Education team. Their programs are adaptable to a range of audiences, including preschools, primary schools, and high schools, supporting the development of strong sustainability awareness and practical knowledge which students can apply at home, school, and throughout the wider community.

Cleanaway’s programs meet school objectives through alignment to curriculums and local waste management services and can be tailored to meet specific objectives if required.  The sessions include a variety of incursions and excursions and explore a range of waste management and sustainability topics such as recycling processes, ways to improve resource recovery, organic waste and composting, litter prevention, and the importance of developing a circular economy. Games-based learning features in many of Cleanaway’s education sessions, encouraging student participation and connecting classroom learning to practical, sustainable behaviour change.

Interactive classroom incursions
Using engaging visuals, discussions and practical sorting tasks, this session will help build student confidence around what items go in each bin and develop a greater understanding of how doing the right thing with waste can help contribute to a making a sustainable future possible.

Recycling and resource recovery session (incursion)
Students will gain an understanding of how everyday items are recovered, reused, and repurposed through local waste systems. This session also looks at how personal choices can positively or negatively influence our environment, and leaves students with some small take-home behaviours that can get them started on their sustainability journey.

Organics and composting workshop
Students will be introduced to food organics and garden organics (FOGO) and learn how composting and using the green-lid kerbside bin can contribute to a circular economy. These workshops can be adapted to all ages and tie in nicely with in-house school sustainability initiatives

Interactive waste education stalls for community events
Cleanaway supports waste management awareness and community learning through local event engagement. Using engaging activities, waste-sorting games - often with sustainable giveaways! These stalls provide opportunities for the local community to ask questions, gain confidence in the use of kerbside bin systems and boosts positive waste behaviour within the community.

Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) tours
At request, Cleanaway hosts tours through their South Guildford MRF, allowing students to see where yellow-lid recycling bin materials go once they are collected from the kerb. This experience provides an in-depth understanding of how materials are sorted, processed, and recovered, reinforcing the importance of using our kerbside bin systems correctly. .

Cleanaway work with many councils in both metro and regional areas. For further information, please contact Cleanaway’s Centre for Sustainability Team at education.WANT@cleanaway.com.au.

Battery collections
Household battery drop-off units are located at several Town of Cambridge primary schools and emptied monthly by our Household Hazardous Waste contractor.

School waste education
School waste education is delivered by our waste contractor Veolia. The Recoverables program is:

• free and presented by an experienced educator
• varied in duration depending on the lesson/s selected by the school
• suitable for groups of up to 33 students
• adaptable for any age group from Pre-primary to Year 6
  • Rubbish to Resource (45 minutes / all age groups / one class per session, 30 min for K-PP).
  • This workshop is the introductory workshop and must be completed before any others can be chosen.
  • School Waste Audit (2 hours minimum, after lunch / Year 5-6 / Teacher assistance required / one per day).
  • Smart Shopping (45 minutes / Years 3-6).
  • The World Beneath Our Feet (45 minutes / K-6 / K-PP require teacher and EA assistance).
  • Closing the Loop on Organics (45 minutes / K-6 / K-PP require teacher and EA assistance).

Workshops are also offered to day care groups.

Veolia’s Waste Education Officer will visit schools and conduct the lesson/s the school has selected.

For further information or to make a booking, contact the Veolia Waste Education Officer, Petta, on 0448 034 260 or petta.baker@veolia.com.

Staff education
Schools can also request waste education for staff development days. 

Coming in 2026: Talking My Language
A multilingual, interactive learning kit designed to help CALD communities understand the three-bin system. Featuring sorting cards, mini bins, flyers, and activity sheets, it's available in 11 languages for the FOGO system. Perfect for small group education. Book it out from the Cambridge Library in 2026.

Waste Education Officer: Cindy Fryer
Email: waste@cambridge.wa.gov.au

The Town of Port Hedland (TOPH) has a partnership with Care for Hedland (CfH) to assist in the delivery of sustainability, waste, litter and other related initiatives in school settings.

Care for Hedland Waste facility tours

• School visits to the Containers for Change facility.

Council-run tours of the South Hedland Waste Management Facility

• Landfill staff can run hands-on tours for students to provide valuable insights into local waste management operations, landfill processes, and the importance of waste reduction and recycling.

Care for Hedland Waste incursions

• School talks and visits on waste management topics including worm farming and the distribution of worm farms funded by the Town of Hedland for schools.
• Provide offsite visits to beaches with school groups to share impacts of litter and involvement in the CfH turtle program.
• Town of Port Hedland staff are happy to engage in youth events around recycling, waste reduction strategies and the broader impact of environmental responsibility.

Waste support/resources

• Care for Hedland can assist with litter clean-ups and waste audit support to schools, Including the loan of equipment such as bags, gloves, scales, litter pick up sticks.
• Social media support for waste-related school initiatives.
• TOPH collaborates with Cleanaway to deliver an engaging educational program focused on recycling contamination.

Contact either team below to access the above support:

Sustainability Team: Sustainability@porthedland.wa.gov.au
Waste and services team:  Waste@porthedland.wa.gov.au

Veolia WA ‘Recoverables’ Waste Education councils currently include Armadale, Belmont, Cambridge, Dardanup, Kwinana, and Nedlands. Schools in these councils are able to book the following workshops through their local council waste educator or the contact below.

1. Rubbish to Resource (45 minutes / all age groups / one class per session, 30 min for K-PP)
   This workshop is the introductory workshop and must be completed before any others can be chosen.
2. School Waste Audit (2 hours minimum, after lunch / Year 5-6 / Teacher assistance required / one per day)
3. Smart Shopping (45 minutes / Years 3-6)
4. The World Beneath Our Feet (45 minutes / K-6 / K-PP require teacher and EA assistance)
5. Closing the Loop on Organics (45 minutes / K-6 / K-PP require teacher and EA assistance)

Workshops are also offered to day care groups in some council areas and OSSC, home school and high schools are welcome to contact Petta about relevant workshops.

Waste educator: Petta Baker
Email: petta.baker@veolia.com

The Western Metropolitan Regional Council (WMRC) is a local government organisation formed to provide specialist waste management services and education for its five Member Councils of Claremont, Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove and Subiaco.

School Waste Education Day
The WMRC runs its award-winning School Waste Education Day which aims to teach the top five G.R.E.A.T. behaviours of: gifting, recycling, earth-cycling, avoiding, and taking, encouraging students to do better than landfill and get waste in the right place.

This is a high energy, interactive waste education day filled with age-appropriate activities for kids in Kindy, PP and 1-6. Complete the School Waste Education Day form on the website.

Textile Waste Education Day
This incursion educates secondary students about circularity in the textile industry, emphasising the value of adopting sustainable practices such as thrifting, swapping and repairing to prolong the lifespan of our clothes. It empowers students to think critically about their clothing and provides them with simple, accessible ways they can contribute to a more sustainable future.

What’s included?

• Flexible support from a WMRC Education Officer
• Easy-to-follow clothing swap guidelines
• Sustainable textile influencer videos
• Curriculum-linked textiles factsheets covering sustainability, human rights, animal welfare and more
• Clothes swap equipment loan (tables, racks and signage)

Who is this incursion for?
The Textile Waste Education Day program is available to schools within the WMRC council areas, and is suited to secondary students in years 7-12. It can be run for a single class, club, or year group.

Please get in touch with WMRC on (08) 9384 6711 or via email at community@wmrc.wa.gov.au to find out more or make a booking enquiry.

West Metro Recycling Centre Tour
See how a transfer station and recycling centre works with a tour of the Recycling Centre in Shenton Park. Designed for smaller groups of secondary school kids. Email community@wmrc.wa.gov.au to organise your tour.

Waste educators: Rosie Bruce and Emily Hindle
Email: rosie.bruce@wmrc.wa.gov.au; emily.hindle@wmrc.wa.gov.au