2011-12 Local government kerbside recycling report

This 2011–12 report is based on data Sustainability Victoria collected from all 79 Victorian local governments.

Kerbside recycling services provided

Container type and collection frequency	Total no.
120 L commingled weekly	7
240 L (containers) fortnightly & tied bundle (paper) monthly	1
240 L commingled fortnightly	69
240 L commingled weekly	1
Crate (containers) weekly & tied bundle (paper) monthly	1
Total	79

Other type of recycling service – 57 councils reported drop-off services.

Total premises/households – 2,478,244

residential – 2,290,642

non-residential – 187,603

Households/premises serviced by recycling collection	Kerbside	Dropoff
Residential	2,184,682	604,667
Non-residential	80,879	45,522
Total	2,265,561	650,189

Annual fee charged for recycling service*

Residential

$79.36 (average)

$60.97 (median)

Non-residential

$79.78 (average)

$57.82 (median)

* Not all councils provided information on this fee.

Annual per-premises cost to council to provide service

Residential*

$30.24

Non-residential

N/A

* Includes residential and non-residential properties serviced

Proportion of households with access to recycling service – 95%

Average participation rate – 87%

The table below shows how much waste was collected. Some waste was suitable for recycling or energy recovery. Energy recovery is the conversion of non-recyclable waste into usable heat, electricity or fuel. Some of the waste was contaminated, or wasn’t suitable for any other use. This waste was sent to landfill. The table shows what happened to the waste.

Table 1: 2011–12, measurements in tonnes

Item	Collected	Recycled	Residual
Total packaging paper	105,298	98,046	7,253
Total non-packaging paper	283,895	267,970	15,925
Total glass	157,949	144,574	376
Total plastics	49,999	46,776	3,223
Total aluminium	6,661	6,230	430
Total steel	13,662	13,139	523
Total	617,464	576,734	40,729

Table 2: 2011–12, measurements in tonnes

Item	Collected	Recycled	Residual
Total packaging paper	6,716	6,548	168
Total non-packaging paper	6,065	5,950	115
Total glass	3,161	3,069	92
Total plastics	654	639	16
Total aluminium	211	208	3
Total steel	3,397	3,381	16
Total	20,204	19,794	409

Previous reporting

Note: For annual reporting periods prior to 2011–12, this information was published in the National Environment Protection Council’s (NEPC’s) annual reports. They are available at the NEPC’s website.