$5 gate fee from 1 July: a fairer way to manage landfill waste
From 1 July 2026, a $5 gate fee will apply at our waste and recycling centres if your load includes ANY landfill or construction and demolition waste. If you’re dropping off recycling or green waste ONLY, it’s still free.
Find out more about New gate fees.
Fees and charges apply to the following types of waste disposal:
- commercial waste
- waste generated outside the Gold Coast
- domestic waste
- all listed regulated waste, such as asbestos, tyres and special burials.
Fees and charges
The current landfill disposal fees and charges (effective 1 July 2026) are listed below.
Where applicable, the amount is applied per tonne or part thereof under the Queensland Government's Waste Disposal Levy (waste levy).
Asbestos
Inside City limits
- $346 per tonne
- $83 minimum charge for up to 240kg
Outside City limits
- $494 per tonne
- $129 minimum charge for up to 260kg
Note: Only regulated waste permitted under the approved conditions for each landfill site can be received. Definitions of regulated waste can be found in Schedule 9 of the Environmental Protection Regulation 2019. Asbestos must be wetted and wrapped in plastic for transportation and must be placed on the ground with bundles intact.
Asphalt
Clean (excluding approved profiling)
$17 per tonne.
Concrete
Inside City limits
- $71 per tonne
- $18 minimum charge for up to 250kg
Outside City limits
Sale of crushed concrete
- $40 per tonne (subject to availability)
Green waste
Inside City limits
- $124.50 per tonne
- $20 minimum charge for up to 160kg
Outside City limits
Mixed waste
Inside City limits
- $355 per tonne including $148.50 waste levy
- $41 minimum charge for up to 150kg
Outside City limits
- $439.50 per tonne including $148.50 waste levy
Mixed waste, residential
$5 Up to 2.1m x 1.5m x 0.6m per load.
Polystyrene or surfboard blanks
$1399.50 per tonne including $148.50 waste levy.
Regulated waste
Normal burial
Category 1
$471.50 per tonne including $236.50 waste levy
Category 2
$416.50 per tonne including $181.50 waste levy
Special or supervised burial
$416.50 per tonne including $181.50 waste levy
$42 minimum charge for up to 110kg.
Sand, soil and rock
- $143 per tonne
- $21 minimum charge for up to 150 kg
Tyres (each)
- Bobcat / forklift: $26
- Passenger car: $7.50
- Passenger car with rim: $14.40
- Light truck or 4x4: $11.30
- Light truck tyre with rim: $22
- Motorcycle: $3.80
- Tractor/grader <1.5 m: $201
- Tractor/grader >1.5 m: $326
- Truck tyre: $26
Note: Up to 5 tyres can be accepted from both commercial and domestic customers per visit.
Weighing service
$54 for weighing registration purposes.
Note: You need to give the VIN number for the item you want weighed for registration purposes.
Conditions
- All the above listed fees are GST inclusive.
- Loads containing general waste and green waste shall be charged at the mixed waste rate.
- Loads containing unseparated recyclable materials shall be charged at the applicable rate for the waste type.
- Mixed loads containing regulated waste shall be charged at the regulated waste rate.
- Payment is by EFTPOS only.
How to pay
Residents can pay at the tollbooth ($5 residential mixed landfill charge) or weighbridge at any of our waste and recycling centres. Commercial customers can pay at the weighbridge at any of the centres that accept commercial waste (listed in the section below).
Payments can be made by EFTPOS at the weighbridge, or regular commercial customers can open an account with the City. No cash or cheques are accepted.
Application for a credit account(PDF, 167KB)
Where to take commercial waste
Commercial waste is accepted only at:
Where to take regulated waste
Use the interactive map on our Waste and recycling centres map to help you find which centres accept certain types of regulated waste items such as asbestos, tyres and special burials.
The page includes locations and opening hours for each centre below the map.
Waste disposal fee concessions
Eligible not-for-profit organisations can apply for a full waste disposal fee concessions in accordance with the City’s Assistance Policy(PDF, 281KB)
.
The types of approved not-for-profit organisations eligible to apply for fee concessions are:
- organisations registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) such as schools, charities, religious and community groups
- approved community clean-up events, such as Clean Up Australia Day
- charitable recyclers, such as charity op shops, for all residual waste from recycling activities.
Organisations eligible for waste disposal concession can only use Molendinar, Reedy Creek and Stapylton facilities where there are weighbridge services.
Conditions for concession
- A current approval letter from the City must be presented at disposal
- The person disposing of the waste must comply with the facility Conditions of Entry
- All disposed waste must originate from operations within the Gold Coast Local Government Area
- All recyclable materials must be separated. Those that refuse to recycle may be charged a standard waste fee.
- Waste delivered to a City waste facility by a commercial operator under a commercial arrangement with a not-for-profit organisation is not eligible for fee concessions.
The fee concession does not apply to specific waste types, including:
- construction and demolition waste
- regulated or hazardous waste
- liquids and putrescible waste
- tyres and sheet glass.
How to apply for waste disposal fee concession
Organisations that satisfy the listed conditions can apply for a waste disposal fee concession approval, by writing to Council at the following address:
Council of the City of Gold Coast
Attention: Waste Accounts
PO Box 5042
GCMC QLD 9729
Successful applicants will receive a letter of approval from us, confirming the waste disposal fee concession.
The approval may be suspended or cancelled if the above conditions are contravened.
The waste disposal fee concession excludes the State Waste Levy. Charitable recycling entities can separately apply for a State Waste Levy exemption from the Queensland Government for waste that has been donated, but that cannot practicably be reused, recycled or sold. Approved charities must bring proof of levy exemption when disposing of waste at the City WRCs and landfills.