Methodology & Notes on Data

Primary Data Source  - National Waste and Resource Recovery Database 2024, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Released: December 2024 (https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/protection/waste/publications/national-waste-resource-recovery-reporting)

Note –

1. Financial year. The database covers the years 2006-07 to 2022-23, except 2007-08, 2011-12 and 2012-13.

2. The headline scope of waste reporting, as defined in the Australian standard for waste and resource recovery data and reporting (second edition), is 'core waste plus ash'.

3. Recovery rate = ((recycling + energy recovery + waste reuse) ÷ total waste generated) *100

4. Waste generated = recovered + Disposed

4. Figures rounded

5. Source stream - Either municipal solid waste (MSW), commercial and industrial (C&I) waste or construction and demolition (C&D) waste.

6. Estimate what each state could recover if it matched SA’s rate:

target recovered total = SA recovery rate × total waste generated of state

Other Data Source

1. https://www.steel.org.au/what-we-do/focus-areas/sustainability/reduce-reuse-and-recycle/

2. National Waste Report 2022, The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Please verify again the name)

3. SUPPORTING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S WASTE STRATEGY 2020-2025, Government of South Australia, Green Industries SA, 2020

4. NATIONAL WASTE POLICY ACTION PLAN 2024, DCCEEW