My green bin as of 1 July 2024 - FAQ's

The food waste recycling service will be paused from 1 July 2024.

Council will continue its commitment for a clean and sustainable city but needs to better understand the complexities of providing a food waste recycling city-wide service. Council will continue to promote the green waste recycling service, to ensure that we are providing not only the best value services for our customers, but sustainable ones as well. 

All food waste can still be collected with your food waste caddy and be used at home in your own home compost bin or worm farm or be taken to your nearest Community Composting Hub. If composting at home or in the community is not an option, food waste should go in the general waste bin.    

Only green waste, like lawn clippings and pruning’s, are placed into your green waste recycling bin. Here is a link to the acceptable items list for your green lid bin. https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/clean-and-green/rubbish-tips-and-bins/rubbish-bins/bin-items 

No. Your green waste recycling bin will still be collected on the normal fortnightly schedule. To find out what day your green waste recycling bin is collected visit our bin collection calendar available online or on the free Brisbane Bin and Recycling app.  

Residents who have already received a food waste caddy are encouraged to keep and continue to use the caddy for their own at home composting or worm farming or to transport food scraps to their nearest Community Composting Hub. The caddy supplied by Council is made from recycled materials. If the caddy breaks it can be recycled by placing it in your yellow recycling bin.

There are many resources available for Brisbane residents to learn more about food waste avoidance and the simple changes you can make at home to save money and reduce waste. Visit our dedicated page on our website to find tips and tricks on how to plan, prepare and store your food to help reduce the volume of food waste going to Brisbane landfill each year.