Business recycling support

Are you concerned about the amount of waste your business is sending to landfill? Do you have questions about the Waste Levy and how you can reduce its impact on your business? 

Brisbane City Council's Business Recycling program can assist your business to find responsible and cost effective waste management solutions that will save your business time and money, while reducing waste to landfill.

Book your free consultation

Fill in the online form to book a free appointment with one of Council's business support program officers.

Business Recycling program

Save with Council’s free and easy business recycling solutions, which can help you improve the way your business manages waste and resources.

The program provides:

  • expert business recycling advice with an onsite waste assessment
  • access to online tools and resources
  • access to education sessions or toolbox talks for your staff
  • assistance in running waste audits with a specific focus on identifying contamination in your bins
  • an option to register for Council's user pays business recycling service.

How can Council assist your business?

  1. Increase recovery of mixed recycling products through the introduction of recycling services that suit your business.
  2. Set benchmarks to achieve more efficient waste service collections and reduce your waste to landfill.
  3. Demonstrate to staff and customers a commitment to sustainable practices, helping to foster an environmentally aware and proactive workplace culture.
  4. Adopt a more sustainable mindset that can achieve environmental, cost, and operational efficiencies.

Watch our video - Reduce business waste and save

Watch our video to see how Council supports local businesses, like Perfect Potion, to reduce waste and recycle more.

Why is this important?

In 2017-18, businesses across Queensland generated approximately 2.9 million tonnes of commercial and industrial waste with less than 50% of this recovered (Sourced: Dept. of Environment and Heritage Protection, Recycling and Waste in QLD 2018 report).

As a Council, we believe that understanding the attitudes and behaviours businesses and staff have towards waste and recycling is vital in determining how to reduce the millions of tonnes of waste going to landfill every year.

Find what you need

Find out more about Council’s user pays recycle service.

Use our free business recycling resources, including signs, fact sheets and an action plan to help get you started. 

Council is supporting the community to avoid single-use takeaway cups by encouraging residents to adopt simple behaviour changes, to create a clean and green Brisbane.

Find out more about the waste levy and how it may affect your business.

Find out more about the state-wide container refund scheme. The scheme gives people an incentive to collect and return containers for recycling, in exchange for a 10-cent refund payment.

Find out more about Council’s sustainable development for businesses.

More information

For other business recycling enquiries, email Council's Business Recycling Officer.

Last updated: 11 June 2020

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