Waste Changes due to Queensland fruit fly (Qfly)

Waste Changes 

Residents and businesses in the Red zone with host plants are advised to: 

1. Remove all fruit: Collect all fruit and fruiting vegetables from Qfly host plants, including fallen fruit. Check the full list of host plants here. If you are pruning trees for verge collection, please strip cuttings of all fruit and dispose of using one of the methods below. 
2. Treat fruit before disposal: Eat, cook, process, freeze, or solarise fruit. To solarise, seal the fruit in a black plastic bag and place it on a hard surface in direct sunlight for at least 7 days. 
3. Dispose of safely: Always place treated fruit in a black plastic bag before putting it in your general waste bin - do not put fruit in your recycling or FOGO bin. We also suggest squeezing any excess air from the bag before placing it in your bin, to help save space. 

We understand that removing all host fruit from your garden is a sacrifice - it is a temporary measure but a powerful one that is designed at limiting the risk to your garden in the long term. 
  
If Qfly is not eradicated, we risk our farmers losing access to valuable export markets and backyard gardeners losing the ability to grow many fruit and vegetables without the ongoing use of pesticides.