Brisbane City Council has secured a panel of five local operators to process the city’s green waste for the next 20 years.
The processing system will be the largest of its type in Australia and will reduce the amount of green waste that ends up in landfill.
The new panel arrangement will begin on July 1, 2026.
The agreement follows the rollout of more than 150,000 new “green” bins since July 2025, bringing the total of green bins in service to 320,000.
More than 30,000 tonnes of green waste was recycled between July and December 2025 through kerbside green bin pickup alone – a 25 percent increase on the same period last year.
Residents also dropped off more than 79,000 tonnes of green waste at Brisbane’s four resource recovery centres in 2024-25.
Collected leaves, branches, grass and garden clippings are shredded and sent to local processors, where they are turned into mulch and compost for use on farms, in gardens and in parks.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said every tonne of green waste recycled meant less waste going into landfill and more nutrient-rich compost to put back into community spaces.
The following organisations have been named on the green waste panel.
SOILCO
Remondis
Wildfire Energy
NuGrow
Candy Soil
SOILCO CEO Alex Hatherly welcomed his company’s appointment to the new panel, saying it provided the confidence needed to invest in the region.
“We are committed to delivering best practice resource recovery infrastructure for South East Queensland, and look forward to a collaborative, long term partnership with Brisbane City Council,” he said.
