2012-13 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

Note: commingled means a mix of different recyclable materials. For example glass and paper together.

Container type and collection frequency	Metro	Non-metro	Total no.
120 L commingled weekly	4	2	6
240 L (containers) fortnightly & tied bundle (paper) monthly	0	1	1
240 L commingled fortnightly	25	45	70
240 L commingled weekly	1	0	1
Crate (containers) weekly & tied bundle (paper) monthly	0	1	1
Total	30	49	79

*Some Councils offer more than one type of kerbside recycling service. This table shows the predominant / default service.

Other type of recycling service – 62 councils reported drop-off services.

Total premises/households – 2,549,335

residential – 2,334,841

non-residential – 241,494

Households/premises serviced by recycling collection	Kerbside	Dropoff
Residential	2,227,046	732,593
Non-residential	85,542	58,331
Total	2,312,588	790,924

Annual fee charged for recycling service*

Residential

$114.80 (average)

$77.80 (median)

Non-residential

$108.21 (average)

$83.50 (median)

* Not all councils provided information on this fee.

Annual per-premises cost to council to provide service

Residential*

$28.70

Non-residential

N/A

* Includes residential and non-residential properties serviced

Proportion of households with access to recycling service – 95%

Average participation rate – 88%

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: 2012–13, measurements in tonnes

Item	Collected	Recycled	Residual
Total packaging paper	120,918	94,979	25,939
Total non-packaging paper	235,280	228,956	6,324
Total glass	169,439	168,964	475
Total plastics	51,065	47,838	3,227
Total aluminium	6,482	6,133	349
Total steel	15,998	15,680	319
Total	599,182	562,550	36,632

Table 2: 2012–13, measurements in tonnes

Item	Collected	Recycled	Residual
Total packaging paper	6,700	6,594	106
Total non-packaging paper	5,215	5,214	1
Total glass	2,873	2,729	144
Total plastics	1,240	1,223	17
Total aluminium	1,140	1,135	5
Total steel	894	889	5
Total	18,061	17,784	277

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.