EPA Annual Domestic Waste Audit 18/19 (report June 2020)

"Most of the bulky goods and other mixed materials were sent to land fill" 

"In 2018–19, 1,937,052 tonnes of domestic waste was sent to landfill. This was a 2.8% increase from 2017–18. The Sydney metro area councils sent 993,381 tonnes to landfill (51% of the state)" 

Source: NSW Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report 2018–19 as reported by councils, viewed 16 Aug 2020 from https://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/your-environment/waste/local-council-operations/local-council-waste-and-resource-recovery

Former councils vs Amalgamated Council - note the Return and Earn was introduced 1 December 2017

	Residual Waste			Dry Recycling			Organics
Council Name	Kerbside Tonnes Collected	Per Household kg/hh/wk	Per Capita kg/ca/wk	Kerbside Tonnes Collected	Per Household kg/hh/wk	Per Capita kg/ca/wk	Kerbside Garden Organics Tonnes Collected	Per Household kg/hh/wk	Per Capita kg/ca/wk
Ashfield 15/16	10,063	12.0	4.4	3,507	4.4	1.6	1,808	4.7	1.7
Leichhardt 15/16	11,293	8.7	3.7	5,971	4.6	2.0	1,929	1.5	0.6
Marrickville 15/16	17,184	10.6	4.2	7,572	4.7	1.9	3,670	2.9	1.2
Combined Councils 15/16	38,539.89			17049.72			7406.95
Inner West 19/20	36,107	9.6	3.7	13945.3	3.7	1.4	7274.7	3.6	1.4

Source Data: https://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/your-environment/recycling-and-reuse/warr-strategy/policy-makers/surveys

 

How does the Inner West Compare to other councils in our region?

Source data : Appendices: Local government waste and resource recovery data report 2018–19 (XLSX 839KB) https://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/-/media/epa/corporate-site/resources/wastestrategy/20p2373-appendix-waste-resource-recovery-report-2108-19.xlsx?la=en&hash=FDCE65DFA69AA7BD854471429BB39E09F9FCFA72

75% of the material collected in council clean up services ends up in Landfill!

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