Thank you for sharing your feedback! The Waste Management Strategy was endorsed by council on 30 June 2025. Read the final Hobart Waste Management Strategy 2025.
Our strategy towards zero waste to landfill
Read the full Hobart Waste Management Strategy, endorsed by Council on 30 June, 2025.
Effective waste management is a vital part of any thriving, efficient and sustainably-run city. Reducing waste and maximising reuse and recycling is of great importance to the City of Hobart.
Our waste management strategy has been designed to underpin the behavioural change needed if Hobart is to achieve its waste reduction targets.
It also maps out key actions we need to take over the next five years to allow us to embrace a circular economy and prepare for life without our own landfill site, and possibly without needing landfill at all.
As the capital city of Tasmania, Hobart, home to almost 60 000 people, has an opportunity through this new strategy to propel the community towards best practice waste management.
The City of Hobart is committed to ending McRobies Gully as a landfill by 2030 and embracing a low‑waste, circular economy. This will reduce future waste‑disposal costs once the City no longer manages its own landfill.
The actions in this strategy are designed to achieve this goal, and include targeted waste reduction actions, education and advocacy.
The strategy contains 64 actions and identifies six key focus areas:
- Avoid and reuse
- Reuse, repair and recycle
- Engage and empower
- Advocate and influence
- Lead by example
- Governance and management
You can read more on this page or learn more about our waste management here.
Key actions of the Waste Management Strategy
Listening to the Community
Engagement on the draft Waste Management Strategy took place from 21 March – 4 May 2025 and included an online survey, pop-ups, and written submissions. Community members and stakeholders were invited to have their say through one round of consultation.
What we heard
Overall, based on the online survey, 72% of participants supported the draft Waste Management Strategy, with many happy with current services, supportive of sustainable practices, and in favour of closing McRobies Gully while keeping the Tip Shop and exploring future recreational uses.
Key Insights
Read the Draft Waste Management Strategy Engagement Summary Report to learn more about how and when we engaged and what community members said.
How we engaged
Community and Stakeholder Engagement (21 March – 4 May 2025)
- Online survey
- Written submissions
- Targeted workshops with multicultural groups
- Targeted consultation with key community and advisory groups
- Your say pop-ups (including in person feedback and face-to-face surveys)
- Saturday 22 March from 10 am to 4 pm at The Big Day of Circular Living Ideas (C3 Conference Centre).
- Monday 07 April from 10.30am to 1 pm at Elizabeth Street Mall.
- Thursday 10 April from 3.30pm to 5.30pm at YouthArc (1 Market Pl) - participants under 25 years old only.
- Monday 14 April from 10.30am to 12.30pm at McRobies Gully TipShop.
