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Last Updated: Tuesday, 04 February 2025 16:00

Our waste collection contractor empties your wheelie bin or (in the case of a small number of domestic premises, the bulk bins) and removes the waste to the following locations where it is further processed or buried in landfill. 

Waste from the kerbside waste collection service is handled appropriately and correctly in accordance with state legislation.

General waste bin

All general waste is buried in landfill at either the Toowoomba Waste Management Centre. Our landfills are fully engineered and regularly monitored to ensure we meet the strict license conditions set by the State Government Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (DESI).

Our kerbside waste is handled locally and not buried outside of our boundaries.

Green waste bin

All green waste is transported to the Toowoomba Waste Management Centre where it is stored in windrows – separate from the landfill cell. Our contractors regularly tub grind the material, and then move it off-site where it is further processed into soil/compost. A small portion of the timber waste is re-used on-site at our waste facilities in batter stabilisation and soil erosion control.  

The green waste is not buried in landfill.

Recycle bin

All recyclables are collected and transported by our collection vehicles to the JJ's Waste and Recycling facility in Toowoomba. The material is then “bulk hauled” to the Re.Group recycling plant in Nambour, Qld. Re.Group sorts the recyclables into the different material types. Each material type then follows its own reprocessing or recycling loop.

We have toured the recycling plant in Nambour and confirmed our recyclable material is going where we have requested. 

Sorted materials are sold domestically or exported for recycling in the most suitable end markets.

Consumer behaviour is critical to ensure that non-recyclable waste materials are not placed in the kerbside recycling bin as these may ruin good recyclable materials and increase the cost to recycle or manufacture the materials into other items.

Know what you can place in each bin, and if in doubt, contact us.

Further information

What can I put in my general waste bin?

What can I put in my recycle bin?

What I put in my green waste bin?