Waste Levy Roundtables

The Queensland Government is reviewing the waste disposal levy, a key part of the Queensland Waste Strategy. The levy aims to reduce landfill, encourage recycling, support resource recovery, and drive investment in advanced waste technologies.

The 2025–2026 review will focus on:

• assessing effectiveness for increasing recycling rates and incentivising recycling
• the impacts of New South Wales potentially increasing its levy, which may result in increases to interstate waste movements
•  the influence of annual payments to councils on achieving municipal solid waste (MSW) targets, including if annual payments should be tied to reductions in MSW to landfill
•  reviewing excluded, exempt, and discounted waste types. We are seeking initial feedback from stakeholders on the current waste levy settings as part of consultation on the draft new Queensland Waste Strategy.
  

This roundtable discussion will provide stakeholders with an opportunity to provide feedback on the current levy settings and discuss priorities for the upcoming review.

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