SoE2017: Trackable Waste Landfilled in Queensland

58% of trackable waste disposed to landfill in Queensland in 2015–2016 was solid and sludge wastes requiring special handling, categorised as high-level waste. The dataset is published by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-05-27.

Use Cases

• Analyze the proportion of high-level waste in landfills based on the 58% figure for 2015–2016
• Model waste stream composition and disposal trends for Queensland
• Assess the effectiveness of waste handling and diversion policies for special-handling wastes

Strengths

• Includes a specific, quantified figure (58%) for a key waste category in a given year.
• Published by a government environmental department, suggesting an official data source.

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, focusing solely on Queensland.

Provenance

Source

[email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Time Range

2015–2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 14:19:59.125495; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Queensland, Australia