949,000 tonnes of construction and demolition waste were recovered in 2011-2012, rising to 1,807,000 tonnes by 2014-2015. The dataset is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated in May 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in construction waste recovery based on the reported tonnage figures.
- Model waste diversion rates based on the recovery data spanning multiple years.
- Benchmark regional or national recycling performance based on the reported waste recovery amounts.
Strengths
- Provides specific tonnage figures for recovered waste (949,000 and 1,807,000 tonnes).
- Covers a multi-year time period from 2011-2012 to 2014-2015.
- Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (Queensland Government)
- Time Range
- 2011-2012 to 2014-2015
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:20:03.420535; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia (likely Queensland)