Ipswich in Spring 2024

Council’s green-lidded bin service will continue in 2024– 2025 for garden organics.

COUNCIL AMENDS FOOD ORGANICS PROGRAM AS MARKET CHANGES

Ipswich’s community and council’s campaigning regarding the ongoing odour issues in the region. While these changes were necessary to address legislative and community concerns around odour, it has not slowed council’s plans for a city-wide Garden Organics (GO) service in the 2025–2026 financial year. The waste industry will now review these changes and adapt to meet the significantly higher expectations of the state, council and the community. Council’s green-lidded bin service for garden organics will continue for existing customers.

Ipswich residents will be asked to stop placing food scraps in their green-lidded bins under a change to Ipswich City Council’s Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) service. The change was made in preparation for proposed Queensland Government changes to the environmental standards for composting, making food waste significantly more expensive to process. Council will keep its garden organics collection service but cease the food organics component while the State’s proposed legislative changes for food organics are reviewed by the waste industry. The proposed legislative changes come as the Queensland Government suggests classifying organic food waste as a ‘highly odorous’ material echoing

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