About us
Mindarie Regional Council (MRC) is one of Western Australia’s largest waste management authorities.
MRC is responsible for managing the disposal of approximately 200,000 tonnes of household waste each year, principally on behalf of our member councils: the cities of Joondalup, Perth, Stirling, Vincent and Wanneroo, along with the towns of Cambridge and Victoria Park.
We provide a comprehensive waste disposal service for households from our Tamala Park site. A wide range of materials can be recycled free of charge, while household goods in a resalable condition are accepted at our REUSE shop. We accept other types of waste and waste for landfill at our transfer station, where fees and charges apply.
Tamala Park is also home to a landfill gas power station (operated by EDL).
Our history
Mindarie Regional Council (MRC) is a regional local government which was constituted under the Local Government Act 1960 (LG Act 1960) in 1987.
In 1981, the cities of Perth and Stirling, along with what was then the Shire of Wanneroo, jointly acquired 432 hectares of land in Mindarie to serve as a suitable site for the development of a landfill.
MRC was established as the vehicle which would manage the disposal of waste from these member councils and approval for the development of a landfill and associated infrastructure on 251 hectares of the total land was received from the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in 1990.
That 251 hectares on Marmion Avenue – later named ‘Tamala Park’ – would be leased to MRC at that time and the new landfill began receiving waste from the City of Perth and Shire of Wanneroo in 1991.
Following a restructure of the City of Perth, the towns of Cambridge, Victoria Park and City of Vincent began disposing waste in 1996, while the cities of Stirling and Joondalup began disposing of waste in 1999.