Queensland council waste
Pick your council for its bin lid colours, hard rubbish process and green waste service, verified from the official waste page. Not sure which council you are in? Search your postcode on the home page.
- Queensland
Brisbane City Council
Three-bin service: a red-lid general waste bin, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden waste bin collected fortnightly on the alternate week. Bins are collected every day of the year, including public holidays.
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Bundaberg Regional Council
Three-bin service: general waste collected weekly, with recycling and garden organics collected fortnightly. Council is rolling out lime-green-lid food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bins to a large proportion of domestic households.
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Cairns Regional Council
Two-bin kerbside service: a general waste bin (red lid, with older green lids being phased out) collected weekly, and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly on the same day. Bins must be out by 6am and placed at least 50cm apart.
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City of Gold Coast
Residential bin service with general waste, recycling and green organics streams; residents can change bin size to suit their needs.
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City of Moreton Bay
Kerbside general waste, recycling and garden organics bins, with a food organics and garden organics (FOGO) service being rolled out across the region. Eligible residents can order a 240L garden organics bin.
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Fraser Coast Regional Council
Two-bin kerbside service run by Fraser Coast Waste: a general waste bin collected weekly and a recycling bin collected fortnightly. Bins must be out by 6am with the opening facing the road and left at least one metre apart.
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Gladstone Regional Council
Three-bin kerbside service within the defined waste collection area: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly, and a green-lid garden organics bin collected fortnightly.
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Gympie Regional Council
Two-bin kerbside service: a general waste bin collected weekly and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly. From 30 June 2025 kerbside waste and recycling collection is delivered by JJ Richards & Sons.
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Ipswich City Council
Three-bin household service: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid mixed recycling bin (paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal containers) collected fortnightly, and a lime-green-lid garden organics bin for vegetation collected fortnightly on the alternate week to recycling.
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Livingstone Shire Council
Kerbside general waste and recycling collection provided within designated Waste Collection Areas, delivered under contract by JJ Richards & Sons in the Yeppoon and Capricorn Coast area.
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Logan City Council
Standard general waste and recycling wheelie bins, with an optional green waste bin available to order.
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Mackay Regional Council
Two-bin service: one 240L general waste bin (red lid, with older green lids being phased out) serviced weekly, and one 240L yellow-lid recycling bin serviced fortnightly on the same day. All general waste must be bagged; recycling must be clean, dry and loose.
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Noosa Shire Council
Three-bin kerbside service with general waste, recycling and a garden organics bin; collection days for general, recycling and garden waste depend on your address.
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Redland City Council
Kerbside service with a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid mixed recycling bin collected fortnightly, and an opt-in green-lid garden organics bin (lawn clippings, prunings, leaves and small branches) collected fortnightly.
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Rockhampton Regional Council
Kerbside service with a red-lid general waste wheelie bin and a yellow-lid recycling wheelie bin. Under the Bin Lid Harmonisation Program, older dark-green general waste lids were retrofitted to red between July and September 2025 to meet national standards.
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Scenic Rim Regional Council
Kerbside service with a general waste bin and a yellow-lid recycling bin whose contents are sorted at a Materials Recovery Facility and processed into new products. Council also runs Bin Health Checks that tag recycling bins with feedback.
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Sunshine Coast Council
Weekly general waste collection, a fortnightly recycling bin, and a fortnightly lime-green-lid garden organics bin. General waste bin lids are changing from green to red over time to meet Australian standards, and residents can swap to a 360L recycling bin at no extra cost.
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Toowoomba Regional Council
Three-bin service in urban areas: a red-lid general waste bin collected weekly, a yellow-lid mixed recycling bin collected fortnightly, and an optional lime-green-lid garden organics bin (vegetation only) collected fortnightly on the alternate week to recycling. Bins out by 5am; collection 6am to 6pm.
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Townsville City Council
Standard 240L general waste bin collected weekly and a 240L yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly (recycling goes to the Mount Louisa materials recovery facility). No kerbside green waste collection.
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Whitsunday Regional Council
Two-bin kerbside service delivered with JJ Richards: a general rubbish bin and a yellow-lid recycling bin collected fortnightly on the same day. Recycling travels to the Materials Recovery Facility in Mackay. Some rural residents may not have kerbside collection.
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Waste guides for Queensland
Plain explainers on hard rubbish, FOGO, the purple glass bin and cutting your waste costs, grounded in real Australian councils.
- Which bin master guide
What bin does it go in? The complete Australian guide
The colour code, the tricky items, and the one rule that beats wishcycling.
Read guide - Hard rubbish explained
How council hard rubbish collection works in Australia
Booked versus scheduled, what is accepted, and the overflow options when you miss the window.
Read guide - FOGO guide
FOGO explained: what the food and garden organics bin is for
Food scraps in the green bin: what goes in, and which real councils run it.
Read guide - Purple glass bin
The purple glass bin rollout: what changes and when
The four bin transition, why glass is split out, and which councils already have purple.
Read guide - Save on waste
How to cut your household waste costs
Free council allowances, bin right sizing, tip runs and shared skips, without the guesswork.
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