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Turning the tide on waste

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Your actions - even small ones - can make a huge difference when everyone joins in.

Last year, we produced around 10.9 million tonnes of waste. That's a lot of rubbish. This has a real and lasting impact on the lifestyle we enjoy.

Queenslanders are encouraged to take up the challenge to reduce their waste, in any way they can through five simple actions:

  1. buy better
  2. choose to refuse and reuse
  3. recycle right
  4. respect people and the environment by not littering or illegally dumping rubbish
  5. reduce your food waste.

Do you think these five simple actions are achievable? Would you consider taking up the challenge of reducing your own waste? What else could encourage a less wasteful, more resourceful future? What would inspire our next generation of waste champions?

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Queensland’s draft waste strategy - turning the tide on waste

Queensland is home to more than five million people and the amount of waste we produce is growing faster than our population.

Around 10.9 million tonnes of waste was produced in 2017-18 in Queensland which is enough to fill almost 9,000 Olympic sized swimming pools. This has a real and lasting impact on the lifestyle we enjoy.

More waste means more landfill sites in our communities, more greenhouse gases contributing to climate change, more non-renewable resources being consumed or disposed of and more litter in our environment.

As more waste goes to landfill, some natural resources, such as those that go into electronic equipment, become scarcer, and the products they are in get more expensive.

We are at the tipping point and have a timely and important opportunity to turn the tide on waste now, for a better, more sustainable future.

So what are we doing about it?

We are developing a new draft Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy underpinned by a waste disposal levy, to attract investment, develop new jobs and industries and reduce waste.

The draft waste strategy aims to deliver the long-term, sustained growth of the recycling and resource recovery sector while reducing the amount of waste produced by promoting more sustainable waste management practices for business, industry and households.

You can have your say by completing this eHub survey and head to the website to find out more information, read the Community Summary for details on how to submit a more detailed submission.

Who's Listening

  • Department of Environment and Science
    www.des.qld.gov.au

    The Department of Environment and Science (DES) recognises the enormous value a clean environment, innovative society and economy, and vibrant culture makes to our lives. DES works in a number of key areas to achieve a better environmental, economic and social future for Queensland, these include: 

    - protecting and sustainably managing Queensland’s environment and natural, cultural and heritage values 
    - safeguarding the state’s environmental values, and reducing impacts from environmental harm 
    - promoting the development of, and engagement with, science, heritage and the arts.