Recycling & Waste Management

Following our June 2025 submission to the draft Queensland Waste Strategy 2025–2035, we have reviewed the final strategy released by the Queensland Government in June 2026. Many of the priorities raised in our submission are reflected in the final strategy, …

The Estimates process is a crucial one, providing opportunity to find out how public funds are being spent or not spent, whether what communities had sought was being delivered or not, and ultimately, ensure what is passes the ‘pub test’.…

The rapid uptake of renewable energy systems has presented a significant and growing waste challenge, with our advocacies including the promotion of greater recycling and waste management systems to address this. On updating the new Minister for Environment following the…

As we continue to advocate for improvements to Queensland’s waste management and recycling capabilities, below is a collation on avenues currently being pursued in these efforts. Recycling Plastics Following the 2024 State Election, we provided the new Queensland Minister of…

In what is a first for National Parks in Queensland, following the efforts of Dion and Josie Lawrence, the Containers for Change (COEX) Noosa Express Recycling team with support from the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) and the Department…

Even though inflation is down from post COVID-19 highs and there is some interest rate relief, as Sandy said in Parliament, at grass roots, the reality is we have overburdened not-for-profits and volunteers delivering everything from food to accommodation through…

Per our August 2023 Noosa 360 update, following advocacy from many including Sandy beginning in 2019 with a Question on Notice (QON) in State Parliament, the Queensland Government announced in April 2023, glass wine and spirit bottles, between 150mL and…

IT’S OPEN! Great to meet the Express team, and test run the machines. Easy to operate, quicker if you leave the lids off ? however make sure not to throw away as they are used for making prosthetic limbs for…

Express Recycling is a full service depot, cash refunds and no bags are needed. Opens Friday 16th August – 26 Action St Noosaville. All enquiries 0497 814 555 #recycle #containersforchange

The Queensland Productivity Commission (QPC) has been asked to undertake a review of pricing impacts from the Container Refund Scheme over the first 12 months of its operation. The Commission will monitor and report on: • the effect of the…