Queensland data tracking the tonnage of household waste materials recovered or recycled by councils between 2010-2011 and 2014-2015. It shows increases in glass and plastic recycling and a decline in paper and cardboard. The dataset is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in municipal recycling performance based on reported tonnage changes for specific materials.
- Compare the recovery rates of different waste streams (e.g., glass, plastic, paper) based on the described data.
- Model the impact of waste policy changes using the five-year time series mentioned in the description.
- Benchmark council-level waste diversion efforts based on the reported increases and decreases in material tonnage.
Strengths
- Covers a five-year time series from 2010-2011 to 2014-2015.
- Provides specific tonnage changes for key materials like glass (+~6,500t) and plastic (+~6,900t).
- Released under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified; last metadata update was 2026-05-27.
Provenance
- Source
- [email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Time Range
- 2010-2011 to 2014-2015
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:45:54.665862
- Geography
- Queensland, Australia