Solo Resource Recovery does not publish prices. It is a family-owned Australian operator with more than 90 years in the industry, head-quartered at Chinderah in northern New South Wales and operating across Queensland, northern NSW, Greater Melbourne, Greater Adelaide and Greater Perth, with council contracts, business waste, construction waste, liquid waste, document destruction and medical waste in its service list. Every commercial quote is site-specific. The way to judge one is against the Melbourne market: $40–85 a month for a weekly 240L general-waste bin, $75–175 a month for 660L, $110–245 a month for 1100L on Bundle Waste's 2026 benchmarks.
Who Solo is
Solo describes itself as 100% Australian owned and operated with over 90 years of experience, certified to ISO 45001:2018 for occupational health and safety. Its footprint is unusual: strong in regional Queensland and northern NSW through council contracts, with metropolitan business-waste operations in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. For a Melbourne business that means Solo competes as a mid-size national against the very large operators, often on service responsiveness rather than on integrated processing.
Services Solo quotes
- Business waste: industrial bins, bulk bins, recycling
- Construction waste and skip bins
- Liquid waste, septic and grease trap pump-outs
- Document destruction
- Medical waste
- Vacuum excavation, industrial cleaning and shutdowns
Typical Melbourne market rates for the services Solo quotes
| Service | Melbourne market range 2026 (Bundle Waste benchmarks) |
|---|---|
| 240L general waste, weekly | $40–85 a month |
| 660L general waste, weekly | $75–175 a month |
| 1100L general waste, weekly | $110–245 a month |
| 660L recycling, weekly | $50–115 a month |
| 6 m³ skip, per swap | $490–780 per swap |
| Document destruction, 240L console | $44–85 a month |
How to pay less on a Solo account
- Get the fee schedule with the quote and read the fuel, environmental and excess-weight lines before the headline price.
- Benchmark each bin's all-in monthly figure against the ranges above.
- Bundle streams. Solo's breadth (waste, recycling, liquid, documents) is a lever: one agreement across streams should price below three separate ones.
- Negotiate term, notice and rollover; ask for CPI-capped reviews.
- Or let Bundle Waste run the tender across Solo and 50+ other Melbourne providers. Free audit, no saving no fee.
Sources
- Solo Resource Recovery, solo.com.au
- EPA Victoria, Waste levy rates 2026-27
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