Applications and forms

The following page provides documents to assist you to understand and meet your waste levy requirements in Queensland.

For further information, email wastelevyapps@des.qld.gov.au.

Exempt waste

Notification of serious local event waste

• Exempt waste (s27A) – Serious local event waste notification by local government chief executive

Application forms for approval of waste as exempt waste

• Exempt waste (s28) – Charity recycling entity
• Exempt waste (s28) – Community events for remediation of litter or illegal dumping
• Exempt waste (s28) – Earth contaminated with a hazardous contaminant
• Exempt waste (s28) – On-site operational purpose
  • Template to request an amendment to exempt waste approval for on-site operational purpose

Template for reporting use of waste for on-site operational purposes

• Exempt waste (s28) – Template: On-site operational purpose reporting table

Residue waste

• Residue waste (s44) – Discounted rate of waste levy for recycling activities
• Residue waste (s44) – Report template: January–June reporting period
• Residue waste (s44) – Report template: July–December reporting period
• Residue waste (s44) – Report example

Resource recovery areas

• Declaration of resource recovery area (s72R, 72S)
• Amendment or change of a declared resource recovery area (72U, 73C)
• Notification of cancellation of a resource recovery area (s72V)

Forms

• Agreement request (s60(3)) – Measure and record a particular amount of waste other than by weighbridge
• Application form – Extension of time to pay waste levy amount
• Application form – Extension of time to submit waste data return and pay waste levy amount

Guidelines and operational policies

• Guideline: Volumetric surveys under the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011
• Guideline: Annual reporting – on-site operational purpose exemption
• Operational policy: Measure and record particular amount of waste other than by weighbridge
• Guideline: Earth contaminated with a hazardous contaminant

Submitting applications and fees

Applications can be submitted to the department via email to wastelevyapps@des.qld.gov.au

Fees will apply for some applications while others (e.g. exemptions for charity waste and community litter collections) will not have a fee.

If an application fee is applicable, please see the below payment notice for options.

All fees as prescribed in regulation will be rounded down to the nearest coinable amount for receipting purposes.

Email wastelevyapps@des.qld.gov.au for further waste levy fee enquiries.

Exempt waste application (Act, s 28(2)) —

Fee/service	Cost
for waste that has been donated to a charitable recycling entity but that can not practicably be re-used, recycled or sold	Nil
for waste collected by members of the community during an organised event directed at remediating the results of a person having done something that may be an offence under section 103 or 104 of the Act (community events remediation of litter or illegal dumping)	Nil
for earth contaminated with a hazardous contaminant from land recorded in the environmental management register or contaminated land register	$215.10
for waste to be used at a levyable waste disposal site for a purpose necessary for the operation of the site, if the application is made at the same time as an application to amend an environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act, section 224 (on-site operational purpose with EA amendment)	Nil
for any other application about waste to be used at a levyable waste disposal site for a purpose necessary for the operation of the site (on-site operational purpose)	$372.20

Request to amend an approval of waste as exempt waste (Act, s 33(2)) —

Fee/service	Cost
for waste that has been donated to a charitable recycling entity but that can not practicably be re-used, recycled or sold	Nil
for waste collected by members of the community during an organised event directed at remediating the results of a person having done something that may be an offence under section 103 or 104 of the Act (community events remediation of litter or illegal dumping)	Nil
for earth contaminated with a hazardous contaminant from land recorded in the environmental management register or contaminated land register	$56.30
for waste to be used at a levyable waste disposal site for a purpose necessary for the operation of the site, if the application is made at the same time as an application to amend an environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act, section 224 (on-site operational purpose with EA amendment)	Nil
for any other application about waste to be used at a levyable waste disposal site for a purpose necessary for the operation of the site (on-site operational purpose)	$56.30

Residue waste discounting application (Act, s 44(2)(c)) —

Fee/service	Cost
for the first application	$268.00
for each subsequent application	$126.30

Request to amend an approval of a discounted rate for the waste levy for residue waste (Act, s 49(2)) —

Fee/service	Cost
Request to amend an approval of a discounted rate for the waste levy for residue waste(Act, s49(2))	$53.10