Fact Sheets and Reports

Fact Sheets AND RESOURCES

• EfW commentary - comparing the Netherlands' approach with Recycling Victoria  (June 2020)
• Briefing note: waste as an essential service (Norton Rose Fulbright, 2020)
• Clinical and related waste management guidance on COVID-19 (March 2020)
• WMRR landfill position paper (2020)
• Time for Change: WMRR Roadmap to 2025 for Energy from Waste (December 2019)
• Energy from Waste Thermal Treatment Fact Sheet (July 2019)
• Biogas - An important renewable energy source

Reports

FEDERAL

Federal government waste and resource recovery reports:

• National Waste Report 2020
• Australian waste and resource recovery infrastructure database 2022
• National Waste Report 2018
• ABS data on waste exports

For more information, please visit the Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment website.

New South Wales

NSW local government waste and resource recovery data reports:

• 2020-21 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report 
• 2019-20 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report 
• 2018-19 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2017-18 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2016-17 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2015-16 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2014-15 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2013-14 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2012-13 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2011-12 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2010-11 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2009-10 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2008-09 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2007-08 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2006-07 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
• 2005-06 Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report

Commercial and industrial waste stream surveys:

• Main report - Disposal-based audit: Commercial and industrial waste stream in the regulated areas of NSW
• Garbage bag audit report - Disposal-based audit: Commercial and industrial waste stream in the regulated areas of NSW

NSW Grants Information:

• NSW EPA Grants Calendar
• NSW Government Grants Finder 

For more information, please visit NSW EPA.

South Australia

South Australian recycling activity reports:

• 2019-20 South Australia's recycling activity survey report
• 2018-19 South Australia's recycling activity survey report
• 2017-18 South Australia's recycling activity survey report
• 2016-17 South Australia's recycling activity survey report
• 2015-16 South Australia's recycling activity survey report

South Australian kerbside waste reports:

• 2019-20 SA Kerbside Waste Performance Report
• 2018-19 SA Kerbside Waste Performance Report
• 2017-18 SA Kerbside Waste Performance Report
• 2016-17 SA Kerbside Waste Performance Report (Adelaide Metro only)

For more information, please visit Green Industries SA

• Managing waste from bushfires
• Waste Summit 2015 summary report (final)
• Waste levy regulations

For more information, please visit SA EPA.

Victoria

Victorian Local Government Waste Service Reports:

• 2019-20 Victorian local government waste services report
• 2018-19 Victorian local government waste services report
• 2017-18 Victorian local government waste services report
• 2016-17 Victorian local government waste services report
• 2015-16 Victorian local government waste services report

Victorian Recycling Industry Waste Reports:

• 2019-20 Victorian recycling industry waste report
• 2018-19 Victorian recycling industry waste report
• 2017-18 Victorian recycling industry waste report
• 2016-17 Victorian recycling industry waste report
• 2015-16 Victorian recycling industry waste report

Other reports:

• Infrastructure Victoria advice on recycling and resource recovery infrastructure (April 2020)
• Victorian Market Intelligence Pilot Project - Recovered Resource Market Bulletins
• Waste flows in the Victorian commercial and industrial sector - Final report
• Background Paper and Report: Business and Public Policy Case for Battery Stewardship (handheld batteries)
• Victorian Local Annual Survey 2010 ? 2011
• Victorian Recycling Industries Annual Survey 2011 - 2012

For more information, please visit Sustainability Victoria.

Western Australia

Western Australia Local Government waste census reports:

• 2018-19 Census of WA Local Government Waste and Recycling Services
• 2017-18 Census of WA Local Government Waste and Recycling Services
• 2016-17 Census of WA Local Government Waste and Recycling Services
• 2015-16 Census of WA Local Government Waste and Recycling Services
• 2014-15 Census of WA Local Government Waste and Recycling Services
• 2013-14 Census of WA Local Government Waste and Recycling Services
• 2012-13 Census of WA Local Government Waste and Recycling Services
• 2011-12 Census of WA Local Government Waste and Recycling Services
• 2010-11 Census of WA Local Government Waste and Recycling Services

Western Australia recycling reports:

• 2018-19 Recycling Activity in Western Australia Report
• 2017-18 Recycling Activity in Western Australia Report
• 2016-17 Recycling Activity in Western Australia Report
• 2015-16 Recycling Activity in Western Australia Report
• 2014-15 Recycling Activity in Western Australia Report
• 2013-14 Recycling Activity in Western Australia Report
• 2012-13 Recycling Activity in Western Australia Report
• 2011-12 Recycling Activity in Western Australia Report
• 2010-11 Recycling Activity in Western Australia Report
• 2009-10 Recycling Activity in Western Australia Report
• 2007-08 & 2008-09 Recycling Activity in Western Australia Report
• 2006-07 Review of Total Recycling Activity in WA Report
• 2005-06 Review of Total Recycling Activity in WA Report
• 2004-05 Review of Total Recycling Activity in WA Report

Western Australia food waste reports:

• Food Waste Benchmarking Report 2019

For more information, please visit Waste Authority WA.

Queensland

Recycling and Waste in Queensland reports:

• 2021 Recycling and Waste in Queensland Report
• 2020 Recycling and Waste in Queensland Report
• 2019 Recycling and Waste in Queensland Report
• 2018 Recycling and Waste in Queensland Report
• 2017 Recycling and Waste in Queensland Report
• 2016 Recycling and Waste in Queensland Report

For more information, please visit the Queensland Department of Environment and Science website.

Guides

• QLD Energy from Waste policy (Department of Environment and Science, 2020)
• PFAS NEMP 2 (Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, 2020)
• SA Energy from Waste position statement (SA EPA, 2020)
• NSW Standards for managing construction waste in NSW (NSW EPA, 2019)
• SA Environmental management of landfill facilities - solid waste disposal (SA EPA, 2019) 
• NSW election priorities letter  (WMRR, 2019)
• Protocol for conducting source-based waste audits in the commercial and industrial sector  (WMAA, 2014)
• Australian Energy from Waste Glossary - An essential guide for industry, regulators and community  (WMAA, 2016)