46% of trackable wastes recovered for recycling, reclamation, or reuse in Queensland during 2015–2016 were putrescible and organic wastes. 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 the platform in May 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze the composition of recovered waste streams based on the reported percentage of putrescible and organic materials.
- Model recycling and recovery rates for specific waste categories in Queensland.
- Benchmark regional waste management performance against the 2015–2016 Queensland figures.
Strengths
- Provides a specific, quantified fact: 46% of recovered trackable waste was putrescible and organic in 2015–2016.
- Published by a government authority (Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation) with a clear open license (CC-BY-4.0).
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- [email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Time Range
- 2015–2016
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:22:53.819254; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Queensland, Australia