Where waste goes

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 a location where it is further processed or buried in landfill. The waste from each type of bin is treated differently.

General waste bin

All general waste is buried in landfill at 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 (DESTI).

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 will remove contamination and tub grind the material. It is then moved off-site where it is further processed into soil/compost.

While contamination in the green waste bin doesn’t stop our contractor from processing the material for another use, it does cost the entire community more money to pay for the de-contamination process, which occurs by hand. Your 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.

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.