SoE2017: Household Waste Recovery and Recycling in Australia, 2012-2017
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Description
Australian data on household waste recovered or recycled, published by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation. The description notes that between 2012–2013 and 2016–2017, the amounts of glass and plastic sent for recycling by councils increased by about 22,600 and 6,500 tonnes respectively, while steel cans declined by about 600 tonnes. The dataset was last updated in May 2026.
Use Cases
Analyzing trends in glass recycling tonnage based on the 22,600-tonne increase mentioned in the description.
Tracking changes in plastic recycling volumes based on the 6,500-tonne increase mentioned in the description.
Investigating the decline in steel can recycling based on the 600-tonne decrease mentioned in the description.
Comparing waste recovery performance across different materials and time periods.
Strengths
Provides specific tonnage changes for key materials (glass, plastic, steel) over a 5-year period.
Sourced from an official government department (Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation).
Data covers a multi-year time range (2012–2013 to 2016–2017).
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.