ACT NoWaste Associated Waste Categories for Facility Licensing

Fortnightly-updated categories of waste that licensed businesses in the Australian Capital Territory are permitted to handle. This dataset details the waste classifications set by the Waste Management and Resource Recovery (Waste Categories) Determination 2024. It is published by the ACT Government Open Data team and was last updated on May 12, 2026.

Use Cases

• Verify permitted waste types for a specific facility licence based on the categories listed.
• Analyze trends in waste category authorizations over time based on the fortnightly update schedule.
• Cross-reference transporter registration details with the associated waste categories they are approved to handle.

Strengths

• Update frequency is fortnightly, ensuring relatively current regulatory information.
• Data is sourced from the authoritative ACT Government instrument, the Waste Categories Determination 2024.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Open Data via TCCS Data Capability.

Collection Method

Derived from the Waste Management and Resource Recovery (Waste Categories) Determination 2024.

Freshness

Fortnightly updates; last updated 2026-05-12 14:15:07.830652.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory, Australia.