Approximately 259,000 tonnes of construction and demolition waste generated interstate was transported to Queensland landfills for disposal in the 2014-2015 financial year. The dataset was published by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation. It was last updated on the data.gov.au platform in May 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze interstate waste import patterns based on the reported tonnage.
- Model waste management infrastructure needs based on the volume of waste received.
- Assess environmental policy effectiveness based on the reported interstate waste flows.
- Benchmark Queensland's landfill usage against interstate waste contributions.
Strengths
- Reports a specific tonnage (259,000 tonnes) of waste.
- Provides a clear temporal scope (2014-2015 financial year).
- Originates from a government environmental department.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Source
- [email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Time Range
- 2014-2015
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:38:04.900643; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Queensland, Australia (receiving location); waste generated interstate