Recycling Facilities
Recycling is an essential activity to reduce waste going to landfill and to promote sustainability. Whitsunday Regional Council takes a proactive approach to recycling throughout the region and provides recycling facilities at all major landfills and transfer stations throughout the region.

There are also many other actions which you and your family can take to reduce your footprint on the environment. This includes implementing the waste hierarchy, Reduce; Reuse and Recycle.

Whitsunday Regional Council operates many waste management facilities across the region. The facilities aim to:
 - Provide convenient, customer focused waste disposal for residents; and
 - Help residents to recycle. 

Whitsunday Regional Council also provides recycling facilities at Kelsey Creek Landfill, Bowen Landfill, Cannonvale Transfer Station and Collinsville Transfer Station. Materials that can be recycled at Council's facilities include: 
 - clean paper and cardboard products;
 - all rigid plastic containers and lids labelled with identification codes;
 - only glass bottles and jars (remove lids and place separately in recycle bin);
 - steel and aluminium (no general scrap metal); and
 - green waste.

Minimising Waste
We can all take action to reduce our footprint on the environment through minimising the amount of waste that we produce, and increasing the amount of items that we reuse or recycle.

There are lots of ways that you can play a part!

Avoid Creating Waste in the First Place
It is possible to eliminate certain types of waste by making a few simple changes in your day to day activities. Say no to junk mail, catalogues and phone books and go online instead. Compost your kitchen and garden waste instead of binning it, and recycle everything that can be recycled at Whitsunday recycling facilities.

Reduce the Amount of Waste you Produce
Sometimes it is difficult not to produce waste. Almost everything we buy today has some form of packaging; however, we can make smart choices to reduce the amount of waste that we produce. Look for products with minimal packaging, buy in bulk, or buy items ‘loose’, i.e. do fruit and vegetables really need their own plastic bag?

Reuse where you can
Many of us have gotten into the habit of throwing things away rather than reusing. Lots of items can be reused to prolong their life. This includes plastic bags and food containers, clothes and furniture. Even if you can not reuse an item, there is a good chance that someone else can.

Recycling instead of disposing
If all else fails and you need to dispose of items, dispose of it in your kerbside recycling bin or at one of our recycling facilities. It only requires a little more effort; however, it will help in reducing the amount of waste going to the landfill and save resources and energy as well.