Project background
Council’s municipal solid waste (MSW) recycling rate currently tracks at 34%, well below the recycling target of 50% by 2025. Improving our recovery rates in our yellow-lid recycling bins will improve this performance. Additionally, many recyclable items are being lost to landfill through the red-lid general waste bins. There is an urgent need for council to improve yellow-lid recycling to work towards the targets, in line with the Resource Recovery Strategy.
Council is participating in the state government's Let's Get It Sorted initiative to support waste reduction, improve recycling and implement behaviour change interventions in order to improve kerbside recycling collection services.
We have now gathered feedback from the community to understand public perspectives and drivers behind waste and resource recovery behaviours. These insights will help us continue to improve our services and become a more sustainable and liveable city.
A second phase of engagement is now running to see the initial impact of changes made based on phase 1 feedback.
Have your say
The community is able to submit feedback between 1 September and 3 October using one of the engagement channels below:
- Completing our online survey (see details below)
- Attending a community engagement event (see details below)
- Completing a hard copy survey
- Calling our Contact Centre at 3810 6666
Online engagement activities can be seen below.
Online survey
Attend a pop up event
Speak to council staff out in the community about resource recovery.
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2 September 2025
Time: 10am - 2pm
Location: Ripley Town Centre (outside Woolworths)
13 September 2025
Time: 9am - 1pm
Location: Nicholas Street Precinct (The Handmade Expo Markets)
20 September 2025
Time: 9am - 3:30pm
Location: Corner of Queen Street and Edmond Street, Marburg (Black Snake Creek Festival)
23 September 2025
Time: 10am - 2pm
Location: Brookwater Village Shopping Centre (outside Woolworths)
Project updates
A second phase of engagement is now running to see the initial impact of changes made based on phase 1 feedback.
Have your say between 1 September and 3 October 2025 to help us understand public perspectives and drivers behind waste and resource recovery behaviours. These insights will help us continue to improve our services and become a more sustainable and liveable city.
Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts on this project. We have reviewed your feedback. See a summary of what you shared with us or read the Community Engagement Report.
See how your feedback has already guided our decisions to date under the Your impact so far tab in the engagement summary.
Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts on this project. We are now reviewing your feedback.
We would also like to congratulate our winners of the 4x gift vouchers:
- J. J. from North Ipswich
- A. B. from Thagoona
- B. H. from Blackstone
- M. H. from Brassall
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Acknowledgement of Country
Ipswich City Council respectfully
acknowledges the Traditional Owners, the Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul People of
the Yugara/Yagara Language Group, as custodians of the land and waters we
share. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, as the keepers of
the traditions, customs, cultures and stories of proud peoples.
Phone: (07) 3810 6666
Email: communityengagement@ipswich.qld.gov.au
Postal: PO Box 191, Ipswich QLD 4305, Australia
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