Providing our community with great household waste management and resource recovery services is very important as our city continues to grow and change rapidly.

To learn more about resource recovery engagements undertaken by council, please click on the projects below.

Resource recovery engagements

Every Ipswich household generates over 1000kg waste per year

We manage this waste in multiple ways, recovering as much as we can (with landfill as a last resort).

The different ways we manage and recover household waste in Ipswich

Project News

See recent updates about Resource Recovery in Ipswich.
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  • Game-changing new waste voucher

    25 June, 2026

    In a first for the city, Ipswich households will be able to access to a free annual waste voucher in a game-changing move for how the city’s waste is handled.

    Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding said council had listened to calls from the community for the introduction of a free waste voucher and delivered.

    Click here to read more 

  • Free compost bins and worm farms

    11 May, 2026

    Ipswich households can access free compost bins and worm farms under a new Ipswich City Council Organics at Home initiative aimed at reducing the amount of household waste sent to landfill.

    The program, launching during International Compost Awareness Week from 3 to 9 May, helps Ipswich residents divert food waste from landfill.

    Click here to learn more 

  • Council rejects time extension for waste operator

    9 March, 2026

    Ipswich City Council has refused an application by Wood Mulching Industries (WMI) requesting a three-year extension of time on an approved development application to move from its open composting facility in Swanbank to an enclosed processing plant.

    Click here to learn more