2017-18 Local government kerbside recycling report

This 2017–18 report is based on data Sustainability Victoria collected from all 79 Victorian local governments.

Container type and collection frequency	Metro	Non-metro	Total no.
120 L commingled weekly	4	1	5
240 L containers fortnightly	25	46	71
240 L commingled weekly	2	1	3
Total	31	48	79

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

Total premises/households – 2,546,800

Proportion of households with access to recycling – 98%

Average participation rate – information not available

Annual fee charged for recycling service**

Residential

Information not available

Non-residential

Information not available

** No information available in the Sustainability Victoria – Victorian Local Government Annual Waste Services Workbook 2017 – 18

Annual per-premises cost to council to provide service

Residential***

$31.49

Non-residential

N/A

*** Includes residential and non-residential properties serviced

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.

Previous reporting

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.

Table 2: 2017–18, measurements in tonnes

Item	Kerbside	Transfer/drop off facilities
Total amount collected	582,339	41,994
Plastic containers	48,462	3,533
Paper	287,576	20,965
Glass containers	170,403	12,423
Aluminium cans	11,134	812
Steel cans	4,111	300
Total amount sorted	521,686	38,033
Total amount disposed of	60,653	3,961