Waste facilities, locations and opening hours

  • Locations and opening hours

    Our waste facilities all have different operating hours to suit community needs.

    Springsure Springsure-Tambo Rd (approx. 3 km from town) 8.00 am – 11.30 am | Tues and Thurs
    8.00 am to 4.00 pm | Sun
    Rolleston At the end of Rolleston Aerodrome Rd 12.30 pm – 3.30 pm  |  Tues and Thurs
    7.00 am to 12.00 pm | Sun
    Tieri Capella-Tieri Rd (approx. 3 km from town) 9.00 am – 5.00 pm | Mon – Sun

    (CLOSED 1.00 pm – 1.30 pm)

    Emerald Glasson St Domestic waste
    7.00 am – 5.00 pm | Tue – Sun
    Green waste
    7.00 am – 4.45 pm | Tue – SunClosed Mondays
    Lochlees Lochlees Rd 8.00 am – 4.30 pm  |  7 days
    Blackwater Lot 54 HT407 ( 5km down Blackwater – Rolleston Road toward Blackwater Mine) 8.00 am – 5.00 pm  |  Mon – Sun
    Bluff Bluff-Jellinbah Rd 12.00 pm – 4.00 pm | Mon & Thurs
    8.00 am – 12.00 pm | Sat
    Duaringa 50 Elizabeth St 8.00 am – 11.00 am | Mon and  Thurs
    1.00 pm – 4.00 pm | Sat
    Sapphire-Rubyvale Sapphire-Rubyvale Rd 8.00 am – 12.00 pm | Tues, Fri & Sun
    Capella Capella-Clermont Highway (approx 3 km from Capella Post Office) 8.00 am – 12.00 pm | Mon & Thurs
    8.00 am – 3.00 pm | Sat

    Please note all facilities are CLOSED on Good Friday and Christmas Day.

    Download PDF version of opening hours here

  • Key access only

    Key access only is provided to local residents for these facilities:

    • Bauhinia
    • Willows
    • Gindie
    • Anakie
    • Bogantungan

    Residents who require a key should contact council on 1300 242 686 or by dropping into their closest council office.

    Personal identification and proof of address will be required.

    While there is no cost, only two keys will be issued per household and the fee to replace a lost key is $160.

  • Fees and charges

    Click here for our current waste fees and charges.

Council's Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan

The Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan 2023 – 2030 focuses on providing service to our residents that exceed neighbouring regions and is undertaken in a financially responsible manner.

Queensland Waste Levy

The Queensland Government has developed a new resource, recovery and waste strategy to help reduce the disposal of waste to landfill, increase recycling rates and recover valuable resources.

The centrepiece of the strategy is a waste disposal levy.

  • Who introduced the levy and when does it start?

    The Queensland Government introduced the waste levy. From 1 July 2019.

  • Why do we need the levy?

    Around 10.9 million tonnes of waste was produced in 2017-18 in Queensland, enough to fill almost 9,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The amount of waste we produce is also growing faster than our population.

    Queensland is a major underperformer in recycling and resource recovery with more than half (55%) of our waste ending up in landfill.

    One of the reasons for this is that Queensland was the only mainland state without a waste levy—resulting in Queensland becoming a hotspot for interstate rubbish.

    The levy will encourage business and industry to reduce, reuse and recycle more, only sending waste that cannot be recovered to landfill.

  • What is council's role?

    As the region’s landfill operator, the Central Highlands Regional Council is required to administer the levy and pay it to the state government.

    Council therefore determines how the levy is passed down to customers.

  • What does the levy mean to my residential household or business?

    The levy does not apply to wheelie bin waste or residential waste that you take to the landfill. However, the introduction of the levy has lead to some changes in council’s transfer station and tip operations, that may have an indirect impact on people. This includes reducing the opening hours. Scroll down in the FAQ’s to find out why council needs to do this.

    Business pay a waste levy. To reduce levy charges, businesses are encouraged to reduce waste generation and recycle as much as possible. The Queensland Government has helpful resources available here.

  • How much is the levy and are there any exemptions or discounts on the levy?

    The waste levy is applied to general waste streams, including municipal solid waste, commercial and industrial waste, and construction and demolition waste.

    The levy is also applied to regulated (or hazardous) waste.

    To find out about levy rates visit the Queensland Government’s waste disposal levy page.

    Some waste is exempt from the levy, such as waste from natural disasters and waste collected from around charity bins.

    The Queensland Government has more information on waste that is exempt from the levy.

The Queensland Government introduced the waste levy. From 1 July 2019.

Around 10.9 million tonnes of waste was produced in 2017-18 in Queensland, enough to fill almost 9,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The amount of waste we produce is also growing faster than our population.

Queensland is a major underperformer in recycling and resource recovery with more than half (55%) of our waste ending up in landfill.

One of the reasons for this is that Queensland was the only mainland state without a waste levy—resulting in Queensland becoming a hotspot for interstate rubbish.

The levy will encourage business and industry to reduce, reuse and recycle more, only sending waste that cannot be recovered to landfill.

As the region’s landfill operator, the Central Highlands Regional Council is required to administer the levy and pay it to the state government.

Council therefore determines how the levy is passed down to customers.

The levy does not apply to wheelie bin waste or residential waste that you take to the landfill. However, the introduction of the levy has lead to some changes in council’s transfer station and tip operations, that may have an indirect impact on people. This includes reducing the opening hours. Scroll down in the FAQ’s to find out why council needs to do this.

Business pay a waste levy. To reduce levy charges, businesses are encouraged to reduce waste generation and recycle as much as possible. The Queensland Government has helpful resources available here.

The waste levy is applied to general waste streams, including municipal solid waste, commercial and industrial waste, and construction and demolition waste.

The levy is also applied to regulated (or hazardous) waste.

To find out about levy rates visit the Queensland Government’s waste disposal levy page.

Some waste is exempt from the levy, such as waste from natural disasters and waste collected from around charity bins.

The Queensland Government has more information on waste that is exempt from the levy.