Applications and forms
The following page provides documents to assist you to understand and meet your waste levy requirements in Queensland.
For further information, email wastelevyapps@des.qld.gov.au
Exempt waste
Notification of serious local event waste
Application forms for approval of waste as exempt waste
- Exempt waste (s28) – Charity recycling entity
- Exempt waste (s28) – Community events for remediation of litter or illegal dumping
- Exempt waste (s28) – Earth contaminated with a hazardous contaminant
- Exempt waste (s28) – On-site operational purpose
Template for reporting use of waste for on-site operational purposes
Residue waste
- Residue waste (s44) – Discounted rate of waste levy for recycling activities
- Residue waste (s44) – Report template: January–June reporting period
- Residue waste (s44) – Report template: July–December reporting period
- Residue waste (s44) – Report example
Resource recovery areas
- Declaration of resource recovery area (s72R, 72S)
- Amendment or change of a declared resource recovery area (72U, 73C)
- Notification of cancellation of a resource recovery area (s72V)
Forms
- Agreement request (s60(3)) – Measure and record a particular amount of waste other than by weighbridge
- Application form – Extension of time to pay waste levy amount
- Application form – Extension of time to submit waste data return and pay waste levy amount
Guidelines and operational policies
- Guideline: Volumetric surveys under the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011
- Guideline: Annual reporting – on-site operational purpose exemption
- Operational policy: Measure and record particular amount of waste other than by weighbridge
- Guideline: Earth contaminated with a hazardous contaminant
Submitting applications and fees
Applications can be submitted to the department via email to wastelevyapps@des.qld.gov.au
Fees will apply for some applications while others (e.g. exemptions for charity waste and community litter collections) will not have a fee.
If an application fee is applicable, please see the below payment notice for options.
Payment notice
Credit card details cannot be accepted by the department via email.
Payment for applications via credit card can be requested through a Bpoint Link (Commonwealth Bank’s BPoint site for payment by credit card). For a Bpoint request, the following is required with your email:
- the type of application you are paying for (as detailed below)
- the fee amount (as detailed below)
- the email address to send the BPoint hyperlink to
- the name of the payer (company making the payment)
- the first and last name of the person making the payment.
If you would like to pay via another method (cheque or money order), please advise the department via email at wastelevyapps@des.qld.gov.au.
All fees as prescribed in regulation will be rounded down to the nearest coinable amount for receipting purposes.
Email wastelevyapps@des.qld.gov.au for further waste levy fee enquiries.
| Fee/service | Cost |
|---|---|
| for waste that has been donated to a charitable recycling entity but that can not practicably be re-used, recycled or sold | Nil |
|
for waste collected by members of the community during an organised event directed at remediating the results of a person having done something that may be an offence under section 103 or 104 of the Act (community events remediation of litter or illegal dumping) | Nil |
| for earth contaminated with a hazardous contaminantfrom land recorded in the environmental management register or contaminated land register | $215.10 |
|
for waste to be used at a levyable waste disposal site for a purpose necessary for the operation of the site, if the application is made at the same time as an application to amend an environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act, section 224 (on-site operational purpose with EA amendment) | Nil |
|
for any other application about waste to be used at a levyable waste disposal site for a purpose necessary for the operation of the site (on-site operational purpose) | $372.20 |
| Fee/service | Cost |
|---|---|
| for waste that has been donated to a charitable recycling entitybut that can not practicably be re-used, recycled or sold | Nil |
| for waste collected by members of the community during an organised event directed at remediating the results of a person having done something that may be an offence under section 103 or 104 of the Act (community events remediation of litter or illegal dumping) | Nil |
| forearth contaminated with a hazardous contaminantfrom land recorded in the environmental management register or contaminated land register | $56.30 |
|
for waste to be used at a levyable waste disposal site for a purpose necessary for the operation of the site, if the application is made at the same time as an application to amend an environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act, section 224 (on-site operational purpose with EA amendment) | Nil |
|
for any other application about waste to be used at a levyable waste disposal site for a purpose necessary for the operation of the site (on-site operational purpose) | $56.30 |
| Fee/service | Cost |
|---|---|
| for the first application | $268.00 |
| for each subsequent application | $126.30 |
| Fee/service | Cost |
|---|---|
| Request to amend an approval of a discounted rate for the waste levy for residue waste(Act, s49(2)) | $53.10 |