Table 4-5 Summary of selected waste and recycling data collected and made available to the public NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT Data collected Collection services offered Data available Data collected Collection frequencies Data available Data collected Bin sizes/ types Data available Data collected Waste generation (tonnes) Data available Data collected Recycling (tonnes) Data available Data collected Organics (tonnes) Data available Data collected Waste to landfill (tonnes) Data available Data collected Waste management infrastructure Data available Data collected Waste management costs/ expenditure Data available Data collected Contractor information Data available Data collected Waste management charges Data available Data collected Hard waste services Data available Data collected Litter/ illegal dumping Data available Data collected Public Place Collections Data available Data collected Commercial & Industrial Services Data available Data collected Other Waste data (ie. Tyres, Batteries, Electronic Waste etc) Data available Data collected Waste Audit Data Data available Notes: The data collected by government bodies in each jurisdiction was assessed against the amount of data which is made available to the public. For the purposes of this summary, the following assessment criteria were used = Data collected. / Data available for more than 85% of councils. = Some data collected. / Data available for 50 85% of councils. – = Data not collected. / Data available for less than 50% of councils.
Table 4-5 Summary of selected waste and recycling data collected and made available to the public NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT Collection services offered Data collected Data available Collection frequencies Data collected Data available Bin sizes/ types Data collected Data available Waste generation (tonnes) Data collected Data available Recycling (tonnes) Data collected Data available Organics (tonnes) Data collected Data available Waste to landfill (tonnes) Data collected Data available Waste management infrastructure Data collected Data available Waste management costs/ expenditure Data collected Data available Contractor information Data collected Data available Waste management charges Data collected Data available Hard waste services Data collected Data available Litter/ illegal dumping Data collected Data available Public Place Collections Data collected Data available Commercial & Industrial Services Data collected Data available Other Waste data (ie. Tyres, Batteries, Electronic Waste etc) Data collected Data available Waste Audit Data Data collected Data available Notes: The data collected by government bodies in each jurisdiction was assessed against the amount of data which is made available to the public. For the purposes of this summary, the following assessment criteria were used = Data collected. / Data available for more than 85% of councils. = Some data collected. / Data available for 50 – 85% of councils. = Data not collected. / Data available for less than 50% of councils.