Automotive
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By Pedro Carreira
Updated 25 June 2026
Car parks generate minimal regular waste: litter from patrons (general waste), ticket stubs (paper recycling if applicable), lighting waste (fluorescent tubes — hazardous, LEDs — e-waste), and occasional abandoned vehicles (specialist removal).
Monthly cost: $50–150 for small car parks, $200–500 for multi-level. Install bin stations at pedestrian exits.
Stormwater management and oil interceptors are EPA requirements.
Key Numbers
- Small car park monthly waste: $50–150
- Multi-level car park monthly waste: $200–500
- Metro landfill levy (2025–26): $169.79/tonne
- Max corporate fine (GED breach): ~$2.03 million
What You Need to Know
A car park's waste profile is light but deceptively varied — and a single flat-rate general bin emptied weekly is almost always the wrong fit. The real cost drivers sit in the specialist streams that cannot legally go to landfill, where mixing them into general waste both wastes the gate fee and creates compliance exposure.
- Patron litter — general waste; size the bin to footfall, not to a default 1100L.
- Fluorescent tubes — hazardous; never crush into general waste (mercury content).
- Failed LEDs and sensors — e-waste; banned from Victorian landfill.
- Oil-interceptor and stormwater residue — licensed liquid-waste disposal only.
Sending mixed loads to landfill is charged at the metro levy of $169.79/tonne, and improper handling of the hazardous streams can engage the General Environmental Duty (GED), which carries corporate penalties up to about $2.03 million. As an independent broker, Bundle Waste audits your invoice for free, compares a network of providers to right-size every bin, and is paid only from the savings we find.
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Updated 25 June 2026
