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GreenGC picture Commercial - Waste and Recycling Centres

Fees apply for commercial waste delivered to landfills (see below).

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Transfer Station Community Waste and Recycling Centres    Landfill Waste and Recycling Centres  Commercial Landfill Landfill - Commercial only

GreenGC picture Waste and Recycling Centres

Molendinar Waste and Recycling Centre
Herbertson Drive
Molendinar
6.30am to 4.15pm
Open 7 days a week excluding Good Friday and Christmas Day
Please note: Only green waste from commercial operators

Reedy Creek Commercial Only Landfill
Hutchinson Street (off Bermuda Street)
Reedy Creek
7am to 4.45pm (Monday to Friday), 7am to 12:45pm (Saturday) Closed all public holidays
Recyclables: Greenwaste, glass, paper/cardboard, motor oil, clothing, batteries, aluminium cans, empty gas bottles up to 9kg, scrap metal, car tyres, car bodies, whitegoods, concrete, demolition and construction waste
Fees will apply

Stapylton Waste and Recycling Centre 16 Rossmanns Road
Stapylton
7am to 4:45pm
Open 7 days a week excluding Good Friday and Christmas Day
Recyclables: Greenwaste, glass, paper/cardboard, motor oil, clothing, batteries, aluminium cans, empty gas bottles up to 9kg, scrap metal, car tyres, car bodies, whitegoods, concrete, demolition waste

Suntown Waste and Recycling Centre
Captain Cook Drive, Arundel (nearest intersection Kendor Street)
Suntown
7am to 4.45pm
Open 7 days a week excluding Good Friday and Christmas Day
Commercial green waste accepted
Recyclables: Large loads of cleanfill and asphalt by arrangement only.
For more information on Suntown closures, see the GCCC website.

Tugun Waste and Reycling Centre
Boyd Street
Tugun
7am to 4.45pm
Open 7 days a week excluding Good Friday and Christmas Day
Recyclables: Greenwaste, glass, paper/cardboard, motor oil, clothing, batteries, aluminium cans, empty gas bottles up to 9kg, scrap metal, car tyres, car bodies, whitegoods, concrete, demolition and construction waste
Fees may apply

Registration weighing facilities are at Suntown Waste and Recycling Facility and all landfills.

Public Weighing Facilities are at Suntown Waste and Recycling Facility and Tugun Landfill.

Information about waste transfer stations (non-commercial)

GreenGC picture Amended landfill disposal fees and charges effective 1 December 2011

WASTE TYPE CHARGE
Mixed Waste $116.60 /tonne
Mixed Waste minimum charge (up to 220kg) $17.80 /transaction
Green Waste $40.10 /tonne
Green Waste minimum charge (up to 260kg) $10.90 /transaction
Asbestos** $186.10 /tonne
Asbestos** minimum charge (up to 250kg) $46.30 /transaction
Polystyrene/Surfboard blanks $708.60 /tonne
Concrete $33.10 /tonne
Concrete minimum charge (up to 50kg) $17.60 /transaction
Special/Supervised Burial (non-regulated) $165.60 /tonne
Special/Supervised Burial (low hazard regulated) $182.20 /tonne
Special/Supervised Burial minimum charge $17.00 /transaction
Regulated waste - other (restrictions apply**) $116.60 /tonne
Regulated waste - low hazard (restrictions apply**) $133.10 /tonne
Regulated waste - high hazard (restrictions apply**) $351.10 /tonne
Recycling activity residue waste (conditions apply***) $97.40 /tonne
Contaminated Soils POA
Contaminated Soils minimum charge (up to 250kg) $41.82 /transaction
Sale of soil or sands POA
Sale of crushed concrete $17.00 /tonne
Public use of weighbridge $29.00
Passenger car tyre $4.00 each
Passenger car tyre and rim $7.00 each
Light truck tyre (4x4 also) $6.00 each
Light truck tyre and rim $9.50 each
Truck tyre $14.00 each
Motor cycle tyre $2.00 each
Bobcat/forklift tyre $14.00 each
Tractor/grader tyre (less than 1.5m) $107.00 each
Tractor/grader tyre (greater than 1.5m) $174.00 each
Scrap Metal (separated) Free of charge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Notes:

  • All listed fees are GST inclusive.
  • Mixed loads containing general waste and greenwaste shall be charged at the mixed waste rate.
  • Mixed loads containing unseparated recyclable materials shall be charged at the applicable rate for the waste type.
  • Mixed loads containing regulated waste shall be charged at the regulated waste rate.
  • Council is required to pay the State Government a commercial waste levy from 1 December 2011. These costs will be passed on where applicable (exemptions may apply*).
  • Other landfill disposal charges not listed in the above table are unchanged and are valid until 30 June 2012.

* Some wastes are exempt from the waste levy or applications can be made to make them exempt. Disaster management waste and separated clean earthern materials are exempt. Applications can be made to DERM to exempt the following: residue from charity recycling activities, organised community clean-up events, certain contaminated soils, waste to be used for landfill site earthworks, biosecurity waste. Evidence of DERM exemption certificates must be provided to receive the exemption.

** Only regulated wastes permitted under the development approval conditions for each landfill site can be received. Definitions of regulated waste can be found in the Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulations 2011.  EPA guidelines state that asbestos must be wetted and wrapped in plastic for transportation and must be placed on the ground with bundles intact.

*** Temporary 50% levy discounts are applicable to residues from recycling activities where approval is granted from DERM.  Evidence of DERM discount certificates must be provided to receive the discount. 

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