Waste reduction initiatives

Don’t bin your batteries

Putting batteries in waste or recycling kerbside bins is unsafe and can cause fires in garbage trucks and waste facilities. There are locations across Queensland where you can safety dispose of batteries.

Plastic pollution reduction

The Queensland Government is taking action to reduce the impact of plastic pollution through key initiatives.

Containers for Change

Information about the container refund scheme, Containers for Change.

Reduce food waste

This page has information on how households, businesses, communities and schools can reduce the amount of food that goes to landfill.

Recycling

Knowing what items can go in your recycling bin will help make sure we’re recycling as much as we can and recycling correctly.

Plastic bag ban

This page provides a picture of why the Government is introducing the plastic bags ban, when, and generally which bags are included, as well as consultation on the ban.

Australian Packaging Covenant

The Australian Packaging Covenant is an agreement between companies in the supply chain and all levels of government to reduce the environmental impacts of consumer packaging.