What next for Tamala Park?
Tamala Park Waste Management Facility has supported Perth’s northern suburbs since 1991. For over three decades, it has grown with the communities it serves and adapted to changing expectations around waste and recycling.
In 2028/29, the landfill at the site is expected to reach the end of its planned life. As we approach that milestone, Mindarie Regional Council (MRC) is already shifting its focus to the future of our site; a future which focuses on recycling, resource recovery and circular economy initiatives, meeting the needs of a growing population in Perth’s north.
Innovation shaped by experience
As one of Western Australia's busiest waste management facilities, Tamala Park provides several valuable services to local communities which will remain open beyond the operational life of the landfill. These include:
- Community recycling (including Household Hazardous Waste and e-waste)
- A Reuse Shop which gives pre-loved items a second life
- Community bulk waste disposal through the Tamala Park transfer station
- A licensed public weighbridge
The Tamala Park site is well-established, conveniently located in the heart of Perth’s northern suburbs, and has the space needed to meet the resource recovery needs of the future.
As its operators, MRC has more than 30 years of experience and strong regional partnerships, making it best placed to seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity and deliver new recycling and resource recovery options for our community.
Supporting a growing population in Perth’s northern suburbs
Perth’s northern corridor is one of its fastest-growing regions, recording some of the highest population growth anywhere in the state.
That growth will require an established facility - like Tamala Park - to provide services which meet the needs of those living and working nearby – especially as recycling and disposal needs change over time.
MRC’s Council – drawn from seven local government areas – is already exploring exciting new circular economy initiatives which will allow the Tamala Park site to continue to support established and emerging communities in the north metro area.
Collectively, these initiatives aim to keep valuable materials in use for longer; extract value from new and existing waste streams; reduce our state’s reliance on landfill and support local industry.
More choice and more services
The City of Wanneroo has proposed a new waste management facility at Neerabup.
While still in the early planning stages, that proposal reflects the wider need for additional waste management capacity across the northern corridor, something MRC is already working towards.
If it progresses, the City of Wanneroo facility would complement the services already offered at Tamala Park – not replace them - and together, provide greater choice to those residents living in the eastern parts of the City of Wanneroo.
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