Interstate waste trucked to Queensland increased by one-third last financial year, despite a $95 per tonne waste levy.
The amount of interstate landfill coming into Queensland increased by one third, mainly due to flood waste from NSW.Queensland also diverted less waste from landfill in 2021-22 than it did the previous year, the latest monitoring report shows.Most of the increasing interstate waste came from NSW after flooding in February 2022.
Queensland is meeting its 2025 target of diverting 75 per cent of construction and demolition waste. In 2021-22, it diverted 78.1 per cent of construction and demolition waste. Queensland has also yet to hit its target of diverting commercial and industrial waste, running at about 50 per cent compared with a goal of 65 per cent.These stalled recycling rate figures reveal the broader context for a $40 million federal recycling program launched in Queensland on Sunday.Under Queensland government legislation, 70 per cent of revenue earned from Queensland’s waste levy must be spent on waste management, resource recovery projects and payments to councils.
The jointly-funded Queensland Recycling Modernisation Fund provides money to companies to improve equipment to divert waste plastics, glass, paper and cardboard and tyres from landfills and instead make new products to sell.
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