Mount Isa City Council Landfill Mount Isa City Council Landfill

MOUNT ISA CITY COUNCIL LANDFILL

You can find the Mount Isa City Council landfill site by travelling along Jessop Drive (from the Sunset Cemetery) for approximately 1.8km.

Business hours:

Monday to Friday
8am – 4.45pm

Saturday, Sunday, and Public Holidays
8am – 5.45pm

The landfill is closed for Christmas Day

In November 2009, the Mount Isa City Council instituted a fee for using the landfill after the Queensland State Government altered their responsibilities and funding. These fees are as follows:

All vehicles under 2 tonne*

2 tonne and under 5 tonne*

5 tonne and under 10 tonne*

Semi-Trailer

$3.00

$20.00

$40.00

$80.00

*A surcharge will apply for each additional trailer based on weight.

Mount Isa City Council provides 3 free tokens which can be used for entry into the landfill upon payment of your rates. These tokens ($3 value) are for domestic rubbish only.

Further charges are imposed for the disposal of certain kinds of waste such as:

Disposal of vehicle wreck

Burial trench, contaminated waste and abestos disposal (per cubic metre)

Single animal burial

 

Disposal of regulated waste

(Contaminated soil/Asbestos etc)

$58.75

$128.90

$31.95

 

By appointment only

Call 4747 3200

 

Recycling

The following items can be left in the designated areas at the Mount Isa City Council landfill for recycling.

  • Sump (mineral) oil  - non commercial operators only
  • Cooking oil - to be left in its container
  • Batteries - wet or dry, including car batteries
  • E-waste - any electrical appliance which normally pugs into a wall
  • Refrigerators / freezers
  • Metal - all types (ferrous and non-ferrous)