Skip Hire Waste Types
To make selecting the right skip bin easier, we’ve organized our bins by waste type.
To make clear which prices include waste levies and how to reduce costs by avoiding those levies for your rubbish removal, the waste types are categorized below.
Waste Levy Clarification
Waste levies are government charges applied to waste deposited in landfills, typically aiming to reduce landfill usage and encourage recycling. The price of your rubbish removal may vary significantly depending on whether the disposal method incurs this levy.
Reducing Costs by Avoiding Waste Levies
To avoid paying the waste levy and reduce your overall waste removal cost, you must ensure that your waste is separated and disposed of as material suitable for recycling or reuse, rather than sending it to a general landfill.
- Avoid the levy: Separate materials like clean concrete, bricks, soil, green waste, and metals for dedicated recycling. These segregated waste streams can often be processed at specialised facilities that are either exempt from the levy or charged at a much lower rate.
- Levy applies: Mixed general waste, household rubbish, and commingled construction waste typically incur the full waste levy, as these materials are usually sent directly to landfill.
Consulting with your waste removal provider to confirm their specific waste segregation requirements and pricing for each category is the best way to ensure compliance and maximize your cost savings.
Household Waste
Residential & Commercial Waste
Everyone ends up with household rubbish that needs to be cleaned up every few years. Keep this waste separate from other rubbish to avoid excessive government taxes..
Reno Waste
Light Construction Waste
Some renovations, like kitchen refits, produce light waste where it is predominantly timber from cabinetry, chipboard or plasterboard.
Builders Waste
Heavy Construction Waste
Builders’ waste is made heavy when it contains bricks, concrete, soil or similar materials. The typical heavy builders’ waste comes from bathroom renovations where there are tiles, bathroom fittings and fixtures that are made of clay or ceramic materials.
Green Waste
Gardening & Horticulture Waste
Everyone ends up with household rubbish that needs to be cleaned up every few years. Keep this waste separate from other rubbish to avoid excessive government taxes..
Concrete & Brick
Clean Rubble & Masonry
Some renovations, like kitchen refits, produce light waste where it is predominantly timber from cabinetry, chipboard or plasterboard.
Clean-fill Soil
Virgin Excavate Natural Materials
Builders’ waste is made heavy when it contains bricks, concrete, soil or similar materials. The typical heavy builders’ waste comes from bathroom renovations where there are tiles, bathroom fittings and fixtures that are made of clay or ceramic materials.
Save Money by Avoiding paying the Waste Levy where possible
To avoid the Queensland Waste Levy on skip bin hire, sort your waste (separating green waste, recyclables, and other materials). Avoid putting heavy waste materials like bricks, concrete, soil, sand, and rocks in with general waste. Yes, reduce overall weight of waste that needs to go to landfill. Use specific recycling services, and choose skip bin companies that offer recycling options like Skip Hire Ipswich. The Queensland Waste levy applies to landfill-bound waste, not recycled materials.