Consultation now open
The Queensland Government is seeking feedback on the draft new Queensland Waste Strategy 2025–2030 – Less Landfill, More Recycling.
Feedback on the draft new Queensland Waste Strategy will be critical to ensure we are implementing practical measures to boost recycling and reduce impacts to the environment without adding additional costs to businesses and Queenslanders.
The draft new Queensland Waste Strategy sets the strategic framework for boosting the economy and reducing the impact of waste on the environment through better management of waste products and materials.
We are seeking input on whether the draft new Queensland Waste Strategy can deliver environmental and economic benefits, which waste types are the most important to focus on and the action needed to achieve our goals for Queensland.
Waste levy review
The draft new Queensland Waste Strategy is underpinned by the waste disposal levy.
The function, publication, review and consultation requirements for the waste strategy and waste disposal levy are administered under the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (WRR Act).
A review of the waste disposal levy is planned in 2025–2026 with a focus on:
- assessing effectiveness for increasing recycling rates and incentivising recycling
- the impacts of New South Wales potentially increasing its levy, which may result in increases to interstate waste movements
- the influence of annual payments to councils on achieving municipal solid waste (MSW) targets, including if annual payments should be tied to reductions in MSW to landfill
- a review of excluded, exempt, and discounted waste types.
Initial feedback on the current waste disposal levy settings is also sought during this consultation period.
