George Town Waste Transfer Station - Fees & Charges 2025/2026
| General Waste | $175/tonne (min charge $21.00/0.120t) |
| Commercial Waste | $290/tonne (min charge $145.15/0.5t) |
| Green Waste | $134/tonne (min charge $16.00 = 0.120t) |
| Inert material Including gravel, bricks, concrete, spoil from excavations | $175/tonne (min charge$87.00/0.5t) |
| Clay & Clean Fill - No contamination | $175/tonne (min charge$87.00/0.5t) |
| Mattresses ( Single and Double) | $20.00 each |
| Car or Motorcycle Tyres | $18.00 each |
| Light Truck and Four Wheel Drive Tyres | $30.00 each |
| Car Bodies | $110.00 per complete car (excluding tyres) |
| Oil | $1.65/lt |
| Separated Scrap Steel | FREE |
| Upsize/downsize Council Kerbside Garbage Bin | $ |
All prices include GST and State Waste Levy of $45.84 per tonne or part thereof. Green Waste is excluded from the State Waste Levy.
Recyclables accepted free of charge include: dry/clean cardboard and polystyrene, Soft/Hard plastics, glass bottles, e-waste, aluminium cans, scrap steel, car/household batteries and paints.
Hand Held and Parachute Flares: We accept orange hand flares, red hand flares and parachute flares.
Pipers River Waste Transfer Station - Fees & Charges 2025/2026
| General Waste – Domestic Bin | $21.00 |
| General Waste –Domestic Car | $21.00 |
| General Waste – Domestic Wagon | $21.00 |
| General Waste – Domestic Utility | Min charge .5t = $87.00 |
| General Waste –Domestic Van | Min charge .5t = $87.00 |
| General Waste –Domestic 1t Trailer | Min charge .5t = $87.00 |
| General Waste –Domestic 1.5t trailer | Min charge .75t = $131.00 |
| General Waste –Domestic 2t trailer | Min charge 1t = $175.00 |
| General Waste – Domestic 2t trailer with cage | Min charge 1t = $175.00 |
| Car or Motorcycle Tyres | $18.00 each |
| Light Truck and Four Wheel Drive Tyres | $30.00 each |
| Mattresses | $20.00 each |
| Separated Steel | FREE |
| Green Waste – Domestic Bin | $16.00 |
| Green Waste – Domestic Car | $16.00 |
| Green Waste – Domestic Wagon | $16.00 |
| Green Waste –Domestic Utility | Min charge .25t = $66.00 *Min charge .25t = $33.00 |
| Green Waste – Domestic Van | Min charge .5t = $66.00 *Min charge .25t = $33.00 |
| Green Waste – Domestic 1t trailer | Min charge .5t = $66.00 *Min charge .25t = $33.00 |
| Green Waste – Domestic 1.5t trailer | Min charge .75t = $99.00 *Min charge .375t = $50.00 |
| Green Waste –Domestic 2t trailer | Min charge .1t = $133.00 *Min charge .5t = $66.00 |
| Green Waste – Domestic 2t trailer with cage | Min charge .1t = $133.00 *Min charge .5t = $66.00 |
| Oil | $1.65/lt |
*Local ID/proof of residency is required for residents and ratepayers only.
Acceptable Waste
- Normal domestic and commercial waste
- Recyclable materials (separated and left at collection points at the waste transfer station or landfill site for recycling)
- Green waste (never mixed with any general domestic waste)
- Tyres (a levy is paid on each disposed tyre)
- Refrigerators and other white goods
- Gas bottles
- Paint tins
- Building materials
- Batteries.
Un-Acceptable Waste
- Controlled Waste - defined as any waste with a hazardous characteristic that has special controls on the method of disposal and may endanger public health or the environment. Typically, such waste may be derived from plant and animal processing or industrial and chemical waste, especially if such waste has the potential to be toxic, corrosive or explosive.
- Asbestos
- Household or farm chemicals
- Liquid waste including septic sludge
- Chemical containers (excluding DrumMuster)
- Dead animals
Liquid (Trade) Waste
If you are not in a reticulated sewerage area, most household waste is disposed of via the sewerage or waste water systems, or via septic tanks. However, grease, oils, solvents and chemicals (basically anything except human sewage) should not be put directly into such systems.
If you operate a business that produces quantities of such materials and they are discharged directly into the sewer, they can:
- block the sewer
- cause corrosion of pipes
- damage the sewerage treatment processes
- cause health risks to the sewer workers
- cause damage to the environment.
Such waste is often called trade waste and depending on the type of waste in question, councils require such waste to be managed through grease traps, holding tanks or oil and silt traps. Often councils require an industry operator to enter into a Trade Waste Agreement or obtain a Permit that details what the business is allowed to discharge to the sewer and under what terms and conditions. Also, trade waste charges that councils often impose on businesses depend on the volume and type of waste being discharged.
Please contact Council for information regarding George Town Council's conditions and charges in relation to discharging trade waste to the sewer.
Council obligations in dealing with liquid waste are generally specified under the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 (EMPCA).
