2014-15 Local government kerbside recycling report

This 2014–15 report is based on data Sustainability Victoria collected from all 79 Victorian local governments.

Kerbside recycling services provided

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	2	2
240 L commingled fortnightly	26	43	69
240 L commingled weekly	1	1	2
Total	31	48	79

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

** Mornington Peninsula is now included in metro figures; previously it was non-metro.

Other type of recycling service – 49 councils reported drop-off services.

Total premises/households – 2,564,499

residential – 2,348,927

non-residential – 215,572

Households/premises serviced by recycling collection	Kerbside	Dropoff
Residential	2,333,265	783,238
Non-residential	86,159	82,487
Total	2,419,424	865,725

Annual fee charged for recycling service***

Residential

$113.78 (average)

$84.00 (median)

Non-residential

$113.18 (average)

$84.00 (median)

*** Not all councils provided information on this fee.

Annual per-premises cost to council to provide service

Residential****

$27.46

Non-residential

N/A

**** Includes residential and non-residential properties serviced

Proportion of households with access to recycling service – 94%

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: 2014–15, measurements in tonnes

Item	Collected	Recycled	Residual
Total packaging paper	110,063	104,951	5,112
Total non-packaging paper	246,905	233,413	13,492
Total glass	162,976	152,248	10,728
Total plastics	51,410	47,219	4,192
Total aluminium	6,004	5,511	493
Total steel	14,333	13,223	1,110
Total	591,690	556,564	35,126

Table 2: 2014–15, measurements in tonnes

Item	Collected	Recycled	Residual
Total packaging paper	6,366	6,226	140
Total non-packaging paper	6,119	6,079	40
Total glass	2,956	2,871	85
Total plastics	1,184	1,095	89
Total aluminium	199	199	0
Total steel	1,670	1,600	70
Total	18,493	17,412	1,081

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.