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.
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.
Key access only is provided to local residents for these facilities:
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.
Click here for our current waste fees and charges.
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.
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.
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.
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.