Green waste recycling bins will be rolled out to every eligible Brisbane house as part of the 2025-26 Budget.

The bins will be progressively rolled out over the coming months (from August to December 2025) to those eligible households who do not already have one.

Households who want to continue using other methods to recycle their green waste will be able to opt out.

As part of the citywide rollout renters who want a green bin will also now be able to get one.

There are already 170,000 green bins in Brisbane, which is about 50 per cent of eligible households.

Additional green bins will help reduce landfill and Brisbane’s waste levy bill.

Currently green bins are diverting 43,000 tonnes of green waste from landfill a year which saves ratepayers around $1.6 million in State Government waste levy costs.

A citywide green bin rollout to eligible households has the potential to divert between 65,000 to 80,000 tonnes of green waste a year and save ratepayers between $2 million to $3 million in the first year, and up to $32 million over five years in State Government waste levy costs.

As part of the new citywide roll out, the individual quarterly green bin charge will be scrapped.

The current Waste Utility Charge will be replaced with a Universal Waste Charge.

Residents who already have a green bin will face no extra costs.

Other households will pay an extra $49.52 a year, with $33 of this increase related to the waste levy introduced by the former Labor State Government.

If you removed the impact of the State Government’s “bin tax” Council’s waste charge for houses that don’t have a green bin would only have increased 3.87 per cent, or around $4 a quarter.

The supply of green wheelie bins was funded by the State Government’s Grow FOGO fund, however this does not cover collection or processing costs.

Stand-alone households are automatically eligible for the citywide green bin rollout. Multi-unit dwellings will not automatically receive a bin but can opt-in if they generate green waste and have a need for one.

The Budget also includes the continuation of the Compost Rebate Program which gives residents up to $100 for composting equipment and up to $200 for food waste dehydrators or in-sink food disposal systems.

Every single household will continue to receive free waste vouchers, allowing them to take up to 1 tonne of additional garden waste or general waste to the tip each year, saving almost $190 a year.