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Find a community composting hub where you can turn your food scraps into compost. Register to get started.

A woman adding food waste to a composting bin at a community garden.

What is a community composting hub?

A community composting hub is a place where you can take your food scraps and other forms of green waste so it can be turned into nutrients for soil.

Council has partnered with community gardens around Brisbane to encourage residents to regularly contribute their food scraps to nearby community garden compost bins.   

Food waste makes up more than 25% of the average Brisbane kerbside general waste (red lid) bin.

Composting helps to reduce the amount of food waste going to landfill and reduces harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

Residents who participate in our Community Composting program also learn new ways to reduce their food waste.

 

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Find a community composting hub

There are 26 community composting hubs all around Brisbane. Find your nearest hub by typing your address into the search bar.  

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Composting hub updates

  • The Taringa Community Compost Hub (Toowong) is currently closed.
  • The Downfall Creek Bushland Centre Community Compost Hub is temporarily closed to allow the compost to mature. Thank you for your patience and will reopen as soon as possible.

Residents can find alternative operational hub locations below or consider applying for the household compost and worm farm rebate.

Other ways to compost

If you don’t have a community composting hub nearby, you can compost in other ways.

  • Take advantage of our Compost Rebate program when buying your own compost bin.
  • Become a volunteer at an existing community composting hub.

How to participate

1 Register

You need to register online to get involved in our Community Composting program.

Register
2 Collect your free kitchen caddy

As a registered participant, you can collect a free kitchen caddy from your local ward office. Use it to collect and transport your food scraps to a community composting hub.

Contact your local ward office ahead of collection to confirm caddy availability.

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Did you know?

Our Compost Rebate program offers up to:

  • $100 for the purchase of eligible composting or worm farming equipment
  • $200 for the purchase of food waste dehydrators or in-sink food disposal systems.  
3 Take your food scraps to a composting hub

When you arrive at a community composting hub, follow the onsite signage. 

To compost your food waste:

  1. Empty your fruit and vegetable scraps in the 'hungry' bin.
  2.  Add some carbon material from the 'browns' bin and close the lid.

You can also participate in workshops or tours if you're interested in learning more about composting. 

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Note

Before you visit, contact the composting hub to check the specific guidelines for drop-off hours, acceptable materials and any fees associated with dropping off compost.

Volunteer at a hub

Our community composting hubs rely on dedicated volunteers who help continue our vital work in diverting food waste from landfill.

Volunteering at a hub can help you:

  • meet like-minded people
  • help reduce food waste to landfill
  • learn composting skills. 

Contact your local community composting hub to find out how you can get involved.

Frequently asked questions

You can’t compost materials such as plastics, styrofoam, treated wood, oil or grass clippings. Composting relies on organic materials only. 

Find out what you can compost.

Council has information and resources available to help you learn about composting at home. We also run workshops you can attend.