Mobile refuse container cleaners
Waste Transporters must comply with Environmental Protection (Interim Waste) Regulation 1996, Environmental Protection (Waste Management) Regulation 2000 and Environmental Protection Act 1994.Application requirements (including forms and fees)
Forms
Fees
No fees are required for licensing or processing unless the applicant's business operations fall into one or more of the following categories:
- based at a residential property
- based outside the City of the Gold Coast
For more information about how Council is making it easier for business, please view our Nil Fees initiative.
Note: If fee is applicable, the application costs $390.00 (no pro rata rate applies).
Plans
Not applicable.
Certification
Not applicable.
Insurance
Not applicable.
Qualification
Not applicable.
Other
Not applicable.
How to submit an application
Applications can be submitted in person at Council offices or by mail.
Related applications
Not applicable.
Application process
- The applicant is responsible for ensuring the application is complete - please refer to application requirements.
- The applicant submits the application - please refer to how to submit an application.
- Council will then process the application within legislative or agreed time frames. Council will contact the applicant should additional information be required to process the application.
- Council will forward the approved application to the applicant.
Note: Only a properly made application will be accepted by Council.
Service level
Gold Coast City Council and other South East Queensland Councils have been developing an ALARMS risk-based framework aimed at prioritising workloads for Councils.
Mobile Refuse Container Cleaners require a minimum of one audit every three years (Re-inspections and Complaint Investigations are additional).
Self-assessment checklists
Legislation
Use the alphabetical search to locate the following acts:
- Environmental Protection Act 1994
- Environmental Protection (Interim Waste) Regulation 1996
- Environmental Protection Regulation 1998

