Waste & Recycling
Food Waste Action Week |
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Food Waste Action Week returns this year from 18 – 24 March. This year’s focus is to "Choose What You'll Use," encouraging people to buy loose fruit and vegetables to reduce food waste and save money. In Australia, households generate more than 2.3 million tonnes of food waste each year. In Townsville, waste audits reveal that local households throw away 2.5kg of food a week on average – that’s over 200,000kg of food waste ending up in our landfill each year! Want to get involved? Download the Food Waste Avoidance Guide or visit Council’s Resource Recovery Education Officer at the locations below for a free copy:
Test your knowledge and complete the Food Waste Action Week Quiz. Entries close at 10am on Saturday 23 March 2024. Want to go into the draw to win a compost tumbler? Attend the Compost Workshop at Rowes Bay Sustainability Centre Saturday 23 March from 9-11am and complete the Food Waste Action Week Quiz for your chance to win! |
Our Resource Recovery team are responsible for waste, recycling, and resource recovery across 5 facilities and approximately 84,532 properties in Townsville. They lift over 6.5 million bins from the kerbside and manage more than 300,000 tonnes of material annually.
Kerbside refuse service (collection of your bins) runs 365 days a year, regardless of public holidays.
The safety of our drivers and community is paramount and giving us space when collecting your bins will help us make sure that everyone goes home safe today and every day.
To help us, follow these simple rules:
- Ensure your bin is out by 6am on bin day and place on the kerb, not the road.
- Keep 0.5m space around your bin. This includes space from other bins, cars, fences, letterboxes and trees.
- Keep well clear of the truck while we are collecting bins to protect yourself and our drivers.
On these pages you can find out the collection days for your waste and recycling bins, how to order a new bin, and how to report damaged bins and missed collections.