The Resource Recovery Strategy and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan were presented to Council on 24 June 2021 and approved.

These documents set out the City’s waste management and resource recovery strategy for the next 10-year period.

Planning for waste management and resource recovery is important to Council and the whole community and we have valued your input throughout the development of the strategy and planning.

The strategy details a 4-pillar approach on how Council will deliver on the goals and objectives for waste management. The foundational four pillars of this strategy include:

1. Expand the core collection service to include a Food Organic Garden Organics bin for all eligible Ipswich residents.
2. Optimise the City’s co-mingled recycling service including re-introduction of glass as acceptable material within the yellow lid recycling bin.
3. Provide a flexible ‘on demand’ large item kerbside collection service where valuable resources are recovered.
4. Have fit-for-purpose waste and resource recovery infrastructure that meets the needs of a growing city

Working towards these pillars will help Ipswich progress to a circular economy by reducing waste and valuing resources and ensure our strategies are based on legislative requirements and best practice resource recovery.

You will hear more about the actions outlined in the implementation plan that will benefit our community by:

• Reducing waste generation and landfill disposal
• Increasing materials recovery and actively promoting a circular economy
• Providing excellence in customer service
• Continuously developing of our people, processes, infrastructure and technology

The document library contains the endorsed strategy and plan together with the reports outlining the feedback you shared with us.