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NSW Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report
as reported by councils 20052006 and 20062007
Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW
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NSW Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report 20052006
Executive summary 20052006 and 20062007

This publication contains the first two of a series of annual reports the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW (DECCW) intends to publish outlining the relative performance of kerbside and drop-off waste, recycling and resource recovery services in NSW, as reported by NSW councils. Both the 200506 and 200607 reports detail information on dry recyclables, organics, residual waste, clean up, hard waste collections and drop-off facilities throughout NSW. Although the reports are published together, trend data will not be available until year three, instead broad comparisons can be drawn between the two reports and from some limited data available from 20002001. In general: Owing to an improvement in the level and scope of recycling collection services provided by councils in NSW, there have been collection increases in all recycling categories. The largest growth in amounts collected, as well as percentage of households receiving a collection service, has been in organics with the second largest being in dry recyclables. Dry recyclables collected at the kerbside have increased since 200001 by 212,000 tonnes, a 47% increase. Increases have been relatively constant each year. Household organics collections have tended to fluctuate each year since 200001 however there has been an overall increase of 94,549 tonnes collected, a 49% increase since 200001.
Introduction
In August 2006 and 2007 the Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW (DECCW) surveyed all NSW local government councils to determine the characteristics of the waste and resource recovery services available to residents of NSW. The survey incorporated the information required under the National Environment Protection Measure (NEPM) for Used Packaging Materials1, in addition to information relating to domestic resource recovery as well as waste collection and disposal. The NEPM contains a requirement for all local councils that provide kerbside recycling collection services to report on a number of aspects relating to their system. This information is published in the National Environment Protection Council (NEPC) annual report. DECCWs data survey builds upon the information collected under the NEPM by reporting on the suite of waste, recycling, and resource recovery achievements of councils in NSW. This report will provide consolidated information for councils to use in making decisions and to enable them to assess their own performance. The information will also help decision makers at all levels of government to measure progress against the goals and targets in the NSW Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy2.
1 2 For further information: www.ephc.gov.au For further information: www.environment.nsw.gov.au
The NSW Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2003 (The Strategy) is designed to provide a continuing framework that will guide actions to achieve the State Governments policy objectives of minimising environmental harm from waste generation through to disposal, and conserving resources and maximising secondary resource use. The Strategy identifies four key result areas: preventing and avoiding waste; increasing recovery and use of secondary resources; reducing toxicity in products and materials; reducing litter and illegal dumping. The Strategy identifies a target for the municipal waste stream which aims to increase the recovery rate from 26% in 2000 to 66% by 2014. This publication contains the first two of a series of annual reports DECCW intends to publish outlining the relative performance of kerbside and drop-off waste, recycling and resource recovery services in NSW. Although they are published together they are still separate reports. It is anticipated that future reports will continue to build upon and improve the foundation of this reporting framework, and to provide an accurate measure of the States progress towards sustainable consumption patterns and sustainable resource management practices. Dry recyclables collection This section contains information relating to kerbside dry recyclables collection services provided by councils. Organics collection This section contains information relating to kerbside organics collection services provided by councils. Residual waste collection This section contains information relating to kerbside residual waste collection services provided by councils. Clean up/hard waste collection This section contains information relating to the hard waste collection services provided by councils. Recyclables and organics drop-off facilities This section contains information relating to council owned or operated recycling collection facilities where residents are able to take their recyclables.
Methodology
The performance of these services has been consolidated to calculate overall waste generation and resource recovery rates in each local government area to enable comparisons to be made and to help councils and communities work towards meeting the 2014 target. However, when comparing figures from different local government areas, consideration should be given to regional variations in consumption patterns and available services. Average waste generation rates per household and per capita have also been developed to compare data at an individual level, particularly with the aspirational targets set for the State. In the next year of publication DECCW intends to publish trend data on performance in each category, however in the first two years only broad comparisons can be drawn.
The population figures that have been used for per capita calculations are derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) population estimates3. The population figures used are from, and refer to, population projections as at 30 June 2006. DECCW uses the figure from the start of the financial year as the ABS does not release the next years figures until December. The ABS data is the most accurate projected figures available and is consistent from year to year. The environmental benefits of recycling have been quantified for the materials recycled in NSW during 200607 using DECCWs Environmental Benefits of Recycling Calculator4. The calculations are based upon Life Cycle Analyses of the materials that comprise the kerbside recycling stream. The benefits have been categorised as savings in landfill space, greenhouse gas emissions, and water and energy use to enable effective comparison and ease of interpretation. The council region classifications used within this report are based on the designations used in Schedule 1 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 5. The Sydney Metropolitan Area (SMA) means the area comprising the local government areas of Ashfield, Auburn, Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Botany, Burwood, Camden, Campbelltown, Canada Bay, Canterbury, Fairfield, Holroyd, Hornsby, Hunters Hill, Hurstville, Kogarah, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, Leichhardt, Liverpool, Manly, Marrickville, Mosman, North Sydney, Parramatta, Penrith, Pittwater, Randwick, Rockdale, Ryde, Strathfield, Sutherland, Sydney, Warringah, Waverley, Willoughby and Woollahra. The Extended Regulated Area (ERA) means the area comprising the local government areas of Cessnock, Gosford, Hawkesbury, Kiama, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven, Wingecarribee, Wollongong and Wyong. The Non-Regulated Area (NRA) means the area comprising the remaining local government areas in NSW. This classification system has been used to reflect the geographical factors that affect waste management activities and the different regulatory conditions relating to waste operating within NSW. DECCW acknowledges the cooperation and contribution of all NSW councils in providing the data presented within this report. Please note that the information within this report is dependent on the accuracy of data supplied by councils in the 2005 06 and 200607 survey. While DECCW has made an effort to verify the information supplied by councils wherever possible, DECCW is not in a position to validate the raw data that forms the basis of this report.
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ABS: Cat. No. 3218.0.55.001 Regional Population Growth, Australia companion data The calculator can be downloaded from the DECCW website: www.environment.nsw.gov.au http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/legal/aboutpoe.htm
NSW Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report

as reported by councils 20052006
Contents
NSW Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report Executive Summary 20052006 Dry recyclables collected at the kerbside Garden organics collected at the kerbside Residual waste collected at the kerbside Kerbside clean up service Drop off facilities provided by councils Recovery rates Glossary Appendix 1: Councils and their waste and resource recovery services Appendix 2: Classification of Councils, Schedule 1 POEO Act Appendix 3: Recovery rates Appendix 4: Household yield by council
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Executive summary 20052006

In August 2006 the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW (DECCW) surveyed all NSW local government councils to determine the nature and characteristics of the waste and resource recovery services available to residents of NSW. The survey incorporated the information required under the National Environment Protection Measure (NEPM) for Used Packaging Materials6 in addition to information relating to overall domestic resource recovery as well as waste collection and disposal. The NEPM contains a requirement for all local councils that provide kerbside recycling collection services to report on a number of aspects relating to their system. This information is published in the National Environment Protection Council (NEPC) annual report. DECCWs data survey builds upon the information collected under the NEPM by reporting on the suite of waste, recycling, and resource recovery achievements of councils in NSW. This report will provide consolidated information for councils to use in making decisions and to enable them to assess their own performance. The information will also help decision makers at all levels of government to measure progress against the goals and targets in the NSW Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 7. The NSW Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2003 (The Strategy) is designed to provide a continuing framework that will guide actions to achieve the State Governments policy objectives of minimising environmental harm from waste generation through to disposal, and conserving resources and maximising secondary resource recovery and use. The Strategy identifies four key result areas: preventing and avoiding waste; increasing recovery and use of secondary resources; reducing toxicity in products and materials; and reducing litter and illegal dumping. The Strategy identifies a target for the municipal waste stream which aims to increase the recovery rate8 from 26% in 2000 to 66% by 2014. Tackling consumption is perhaps the greatest challenge facing efforts to reduce the amount of waste produced by our society. The amount of waste we create is strongly linked to how much we spend and buy. Action to avoid and prevent waste needs to be considered at every step across the life cycle of goods and materials with a focus on those points in the supply chain where the impact and results will be most effective. This is the first in a series of annual reports DECCW intends to publish outlining the relative performance of kerbside and drop-off waste, recycling and resource recovery services in NSW. It is anticipated that future reports will continue to build upon and improve the foundation of this reporting framework, and to provide an accurate measure of the States progress towards sustainable consumption patterns and sustainable resource management practices. This report contains information about the following services: Dry recyclables collection This section contains information relating to kerbside dry recyclables collection services provided by councils.
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For further information: www.ephc.gov.au For further information: www.environment.nsw.gov.au Recovery rate is the percentage of the total amount of materials disposed of by households that is recovered for recycling or processing.
Organics collection This section contains information relating to kerbside organics collection services provided by councils. Residual waste collection This section contains information relating to kerbside residual waste collection services provided by councils. Clean up/hard waste collection This section contains information relating to the hard waste collection services provided by councils. Recyclables and organics drop-off facilities This section contains information relating to council owned or operated recycling collection facilities where residents are able to take their recyclables. The performance of these services has been consolidated to calculate overall waste generation and resource recovery rates in each local government area to enable comparisons to be made and to help councils and communities work towards meeting the 2014 target. However, when comparing figures from different local government areas, consideration should be given to regional variations in consumption patterns, available services and physical and social demographics. Average waste generation rates per household and per capita have also been developed to compare data at an individual level, particularly with the aspirational targets set for the State. The population figures that have been used for the per capita calculations have been sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) population estimates9. The population figures used are from, and refer to, population projections as at 30 June 2005. DECCW uses the figure from the start of the financial year as the ABS does not release the next years figures until December. The ABS data is the most accurate projected figures available and is consistent from year to year, which will allow meaningful comparisons to be made. The environmental benefits of recycling have been quantified for the materials recycled in NSW during 200506 using DECCWs Environmental Benefits of Recycling Calculator 10. The calculations are based upon Life Cycle Analyses of the materials that comprise the kerbside recycling stream. The benefits have been categorised as savings in landfill space, greenhouse gas emissions, and water and energy use to enable effective comparison and ease of interpretation. The council region classifications used within this report are based on the designations used in Schedule 1 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 11. The Sydney Metropolitan Area (SMA) means the area comprising the local government areas of Ashfield, Auburn, Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Botany, Burwood, Camden, Campbelltown, Canada Bay, Canterbury, Fairfield, Holroyd, Hornsby, Hunters Hill, Hurstville, Kogarah, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, Leichhardt, Liverpool, Manly, Marrickville, Mosman, North Sydney, Parramatta, Penrith, Pittwater, Randwick, Rockdale, Ryde, Strathfield, Sutherland, Sydney, Warringah, Waverley, Willoughby and
9 ABS: Cat. No. 3218.0.55.001 Regional Population Growth, Australia companion data 10 The calculator can be downloaded from the DECCW website: www.environment.nsw.gov.au 11 http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/legal/aboutpoeo.htm
Woollahra. The Extended Regulated Area (ERA) means the area comprising the local government areas of Cessnock, Gosford, Hawkesbury, Kiama, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven, Wingecarribee, Wollongong and Wyong. The Non-Regulated Area (NRA) means the area comprising the remaining local government areas in NSW. This classification system has been used to reflect the geographical factors that affect waste management activities and the different regulatory conditions relating to waste operating within NSW.
Dry recyclables collected at the kerbside

Most councils have been successful in requiring and obtaining accurate reporting from the facilities receiving and processing their recyclables. However, it is acknowledged that some councils may have only been able to provide an estimate of tonnes of recycled material. In NSW 116 councils provided a kerbside recycling service, reaching 91% of households and over 95% of the population (Figure 1). The availability of kerbside recycling to households varied across NSW with kerbside recycling services provided to 98% of households in the SMA, 99% in the ERA, and 68% in the NRA.
Figure 1: NSW councils providing kerbside recycling collection services
DECCW acknowledges the co-operation and contribution of all NSW councils in providing the data presented within this report. Please note that the information within this report is dependent on the accuracy of data supplied by councils in the 200506 survey. While DECCW has made an effort to verify the information supplied by councils wherever possible, DECCW is not in a position to validate the raw data that forms the basis of this report.
An average of 260 kg of dry recyclables was collected per household receiving a domestic recycling service in 200506. On a weekly basis this equates to an average of 5.0 kg per household or 1.8 kg per person. Of the 116 councils in NSW that provided a kerbside recycling service, 39 had an average weekly yield of less than 4.0 kg per household per week, and 30 had an average weekly yield in excess of 5.5 kg per household per week (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Average household recyclables yield across local government areas

35 30 Number of councils 25 20 15 10 5 0 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00
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Average of reporting councils 5.0 kg per week DECCW baseline outcome 4.0 kg per week DECCW aspirational outcome 5.5 kg per week*
Household dry recyclables gross yield (kg/week)
* Aspirational targets are included in DECCW Preferred Resource Recovery Practices www.environment.nsw.gov.au/warr/prefresourcerecovery.htm
In 200506 there were eight different dry recycling collection systems used by NSW councils (Table 1). The most common dry recycling collection system provided by councils was a fully commingled 240L Mobile Garbage Bin (MGB). In 200506, 59 councils used this system. Sixty-six councils used DECCWs preferred collection systems for dry recyclables (240L fully commingled MGB or dual 120L MGBs for paper and containers). The adoption of standardised collection systems facilitates education and improved understanding and use of recycling systems by residents12.
Table 1: Average annual household recyclables yield by collection system

No. of councils 59 10 6 2 7 21 3 7 Household gross yield (kg/hh/yr) 261.00 227.20 259.50 334.40 317.20 265.70 327.60 209.00
Collection system 240L MGB 240L MGB split recyclables 240L MGB split recyclables/waste 120L MGB 120L MGB dual bins1 Crate Bag Other3
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(kg/hh/wk) 5.02 4.37 4.99 6.43 6.10 5.11 6.30 4.02
Dual 120L bins 1 for paper, 1 for other dry recyclables collected alternate weeks Either 2 crates 1 for paper, 1 for other dry recyclables or comingled crates 3 Other systems include combinations of either crate plus MGBs or MGBs only
12 DECC 2004, Assessment of Alternative Domestic Waste and Recycling Systems, Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW, Sydney [A study commissioned by the NSW Jurisdictional Recycling Group and the Publishers National Environment Bureau JRG 14].
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Figure 3 compares average weekly household dry recyclables yield with collection system type. While 120L MGB and Bag collection systems show the highest average yield for 200506, only 5 councils use these systems. The councils using 120L MGB or Bag systems are all based within the NRA, and collectively service approximately 7500 households. Conversely the 66 councils utilising DECCWs preferred collection systems are geographically spread across the SMA, ERA and NRA and together service over 1.4 million households.
Figure 3: Average weekly household recyclables yield by collection system

7.00 Household yield (kg/week) 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 0.00 240L MGB 240L MGB 240L MGB split split recyclables/ recyclables waste 120L MGB 120L MGB dual bins1 Crate 2 Bag Other 3
In 200506 the total quantity of dry recyclables collected at the kerbside in NSW was 609,331 tonnes: 378,154 tonnes from the SMA 122,543 tonnes from the ERA 108,634 tonnes from the NRA. There was an increase in the quantity of dry recyclables collected at the kerbside each year since 200001 (Figure 4). This is an increase of over 159 000 tonnes or 36% since 200001.
Above left: Metals bailed ready for collection by a reprocessor Above right: Sorting mixed dry recyclables into material type after collection
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Figure 4: Kerbside dry recycling collected in NSW 200001 to 200506.

700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0
609.3
Tonnes (000)
449.4
487.5
539.2
581.4
592.2
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
However, average household recyclables yield per week has remained relatively constant each year since 200001 (Figure 5).
Figure 5: Average household recyclables yield per week in NSW 200001 to 200506.
10 8 kg/Hh/week 6 4 2 0 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

4.7 4.6 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.0
The overall increase in the quantity of recycling collected in NSW given the constant average per capita yields (Figure 6) is explained by increased number of councils offering a new or expanded recycling service to their households.
Figure 6: Annual quantity and average weekly per capita yield of recyclables in NSW 200001 to 200506.
Kerbside dry recycling collected NSW 2000 to 200506
Total tonnes collected Per capita gross yield per week
800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0
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kg/ca/week
Tonnes
Recycling results in the avoidance of environmental impacts associated with resource extraction, materials production and manufacturing processes. The environmental benefits of recycling 609,331 tonnes in NSW during 200506 are demonstrated using the Environmental Benefits of Recycling Calculator. The indicators used in this calculator are greenhouse benefits, energy and water savings, as well as landfill space saved. All benefits are net benefits, that is, they are the benefits after the average impacts of collection, transporting and reprocessing have been accounted for. Utilising the Environmental Benefits of Recycling Calculator, the environmental benefits of recycling 609,331 tonnes of resources are: Energy savings: more than 10 million (10,147,971) gigajoules Water savings: more than 10 million (10,092,617) kilolitres Greenhouse gas savings: approx 306 thousand tonnes (305,969) tonnes CO2 equivalent. As shown in Figure 7, this results in the equivalent of 73,486 cars removed from the road, 46,985 households annual electricity requirements not being used and 107,906 peoples water usage being saved. The recycling of 609,331 tonnes of resources also saved 1,678,929 m3 of landfill space. Recycling that otherwise would have gone to landfill
Figure 7: The environmental benefits of recycling 609,331 tonnes of resources

Environmental Bene ts of Recycling Calculator environmental performance3
120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 Cars permanently removed from roads Annual electricity requirements (households) Annual water usage (persons)
73,486.01 46,985.10 107,906.36
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Garden organics collected at the kerbside

It is acknowledged that some councils have only been able to provide estimates of the garden organics material recovered. Fifty-three NSW councils provided a kerbside garden organics collection service, reaching 48% of households and 60% of the population (Figure 8). The availability of kerbside garden organics services to households varied across NSW with kerbside garden organics collection services provided to 54% of households in the SMA, 44% in the ERA, and 31% in the NRA.
Figure 8: NSW councils providing kerbside garden organics collection services
An average of 218 kg of garden organic material was collected per household receiving a domestic organic service in 200506. On a weekly basis this equates to an average of 4.2 kg per household or 1.3 kg per person.
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Figure 9: Average household garden organics yield by households receiving service

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Average of reporting councils 4.2 kg per household
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Household garden organics gross yield (kg/week)
In 200506 there were 7 different garden organics collection systems used by NSW councils (Table 2 below). The most common garden organics collection system provided by councils was a 240L MGB collected fortnightly. In 200506, 31 councils used this system. For councils with high volumes of garden organics (175kg or more per household per year), DECCWs Preferred Resource Recovery Practices by Local Councils Guide recommends a 240L MGB collection fortnightly. For councils with low volumes of garden organics (less than 175kg per household per year), the DECCW Guide recommends a tied and bundled collection three to four times per year. As demonstrated in Table 2, there are a number of alternative collection systems that have been adopted by councils with intermediate garden organics generation rates.
Table 2: Average weekly household garden organics yield by collection system

Collection system 240L MGB collected fortnightly 240L MGB collected monthly 240L MGB aerated, collected fortnightly or monthly Bag, collected monthly or 2 monthly 140L MGB, collected weekly Tied and bundled Other collected fortnightly1
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No. of councils 31 5 4 2 1 5 5
Household gross yield kg/hh/yr 312.52 184.60 134.16 81.64 377.00 36.40 75.92
Household gross yield kg/hh/wk 6.01 3.55 2.58 1.57 7.25 0.70 1.46
Combination of tied and bundled + MGBs, or mix of MGBs, or crates + MGBs. Collection fortnightly
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Figure 10 compares average weekly household garden organics yield with collection system type. The 140L MGB collection system shows the highest average yield for 200506, however, only one council used this system; Lismore Council used this system in 20056 to co-collect food organics and garden organics. The 31 councils who used the fortnightly 240L MGB collection system were geographically spread across the SMA, ERA and NRA and collectively serviced 738,000 households.
Figure 10: Average weekly household garden organics yield by collection system
Household organics yield (kg/week)
8.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 0.00 240L MGB collected fortnighly 240L MGB collected monthly 240L MGB Bag, collected aerated, collected monthy or fortnightly 2 monthly or monthly 140L MGB, collected weekly Tied and bundled Other collected fortnightly1
Quantities of garden organics collected at the kerbside around NSW during 200506 totalled 270,402 tonnes: 157,199 tonnes from the SMA 58,386 tonnes from the ERA 54,817 tonnes from the NRA. This is an increase of 76,000 tonnes, or 39%, since 200001.
Figure 11: Kerbside garden organics collected in NSW 2000 to 2006

300 250 200 Tonnes (000) 150 100 50 0
194.6 207.1 226.2 198.4 205.1 270.4
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
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The average household garden organics yield per week has tended to fluctuate between 200001 and 200405 and then increased slightly for the 200506 period on a kg per household per week basis. (Figure 12 below).
Figure 12: Average household garden organics yield per week in NSW 2000 to 2006 based on total number of households in LGAs with a service
5.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.3
4.2
kg/hh/wk
3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
Since 200001, there has been a gradual increase in the amount of garden organics collected in NSW (Figures 11 and 13). This combines with the similar pattern of increase in the average yield per household, (Figures 12 and 13). The overall increase may be due to more councils offering a kerbside garden organics collection service, whereas the increase in yield per household may be attributed to greater awareness from education and an easing off of drought conditions, especially in the Greater Sydney Region. However, households may be limiting greater yields than those accounted for in this report due to the use of on site treatment processes such as home worm farming, composting and the provision of a council kerbside chipping service.
Figure 13: Annual quantity and average weekly per capita yield of garden organics in NSW 2000 to 2006 based on persons with a garden organics service
300 250 Tonnes (000) 200 150 100 50 0 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
Total tonnes collected per year Per capita gross yield per week
3.0 2.5 kg/ca/week 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0
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Recycled organic products such as mulch can be used on gardens The environmental benefits of recycling 270,402 tonnes of garden organics are: Energy savings: more than 317 thousand (317,182.7) gigajoules Water savings: more than 129 thousand (129,793.4) kilolitres Greenhouse gas savings: more than 108 thousand (108,561.8) tonnes CO2 equivalents.
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Residual waste collected at the kerbside (taken to landfill and/or AWT)

One hundred and fifty NSW councils provided a kerbside residual waste collection service, reaching 97% of households and over 99% of the population. The access to kerbside residual waste collection varied across NSW with 100% of households in the SMA receiving kerbside residual waste collection services, 99% in the ERA, and 89% in the NRA.
Figure 14: NSW councils providing kerbside residual waste collection services
An average of 630 kg of residual waste was collected per household receiving a domestic waste service in 200506 (Figure 15 below). On a weekly basis this equates to an average of 12.1 kg per household and 4.5 kg per capita.
Figure 15: Household residual waste yields

60 Number of councils 50 40 30 20 10 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 More Household gross yield (kg/week)
Average of reporting councils 12.1 kg per household
In 200506 there were six different residual waste collection systems used by NSW councils (Table 3). The most common residual waste collection system provided by councils was a 240L MGB. In 200506, 78 councils used this system.
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A total of 41 councils had adopted DECCWs preferred resource recovery practices for residual waste (80L MGB, 120L MGB, or 140L MGB) as smaller bin volumes encourage greater source separation of materials and facilitate a higher resource recovery rate.
Table 3: Residual waste collection system by region

Collection system SMA ERA NRA Total Household gross yield (kg/hh/yr) 438.36 581.36 549.64 798.00 575.70 583.90 Household gross yield (kg/hh/wk) 8.43 11.18 10.57 15.40 11.10 11.20
80L MGB 120L MGB 140L MGB 240L MGB 240L MGB split bin waste/ recycling Other1
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2 14 6 6 0 10
1 7 11 4 1 7 68 4 9
3 21 17 78 5 26
Mix of MGBs, predominant size not stated
The average weekly household residual waste generation is compared with collection system type in Figure 16. The 41 councils who used DECCWs preferred resource recovery practices are geographically spread across the SMA, ERA and NRA and collectively service over 856,000 households.
Figure 16: Average weekly household residual waste generation by collection system
18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 80L MGB 120L MGB 140L MGB 240L MGB 240L MGB split bin waste/recycling Other1
Mix of MGBs. Predominant size not stated.
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Household yield residual waste (kg/week)
Figure 17: Domestic residual waste collected at kerbside (tonnes)

2,000,000 1,800,000 1,600,000 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000
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1,575,267
Tonnes
862,798 301,690 NSW SMA ERA 410,779
NRA
Figure 18: Domestic residual waste collected at kerbside kg per capita per week
5.0 kg/ca/week 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 NSW SMA ERA NRA
Figure 19: Domestic residual waste collected at kerbside kg per household per week
15.0 12.0
kg/hh/week
9.0 6.0 3.0 0.0
NSW
SMA
ERA
NRA
In 200506 the total quantity of residual waste collected at the kerbside in NSW was 1,575,267 tonnes: 862,798 tonnes from the SMA 301,690 tonnes from the ERA 410,779 tonnes from the NRA.
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Alternative Waste Treatment (AWT)

Alternative Waste Treatment (AWT) can involve a range of different treatment technologies that are used to treat or process residual waste to recover additional resources and/or stabilise the waste material prior to landfilling. Typically residue material from the AWT process, or processed material that cannot be beneficially reused, is disposed of to landfill. In 200506, 65,400 tonnes of material was recovered from the residual waste stream using AWT technologies. Councils were asked about their current position on AWT in the Data Return of 200506. Their responses are indicated in Figure 20.
Figure 20: Councils and AWT.

Alternative Waste Treatment technology
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No. of councils
50 40 30 20 10 0 Currently use Will consider in future Will not consider in future Unsure No response
Domestic waste management charges

For reference purposes, the range of domestic waste management charges have been included as part of the summary table attached to this report as Appendix 1.
Waste that will end up in landfill, most of which could be diverted to recycling
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Kerbside clean up service

Ninety-five NSW councils provided a kerbside clean up collection service, reaching 83% of households and over 90% of the population (Figure 21). The access to a kerbside clean up service varied across NSW with these services being provided to 94% of households in the SMA, 91% in the ERA, and 58% in the NRA.
Figure 21: NSW councils with a kerbside clean up service
133,458 tonnes of bulky goods were collected in NSW, of which 109,703 tonnes were sent to landfill and 23, 754 tonnes were recycled. The overall Resource Recovery Rate (RRR) for kerbside clean up in NSW was in the order of 14%: 89,093 tonnes collected in the SMA (13% RRR) 25,213 tonnes collected in the ERA (16% RRR) 19,152 tonnes collected in the NRA (42% RRR).
A council re-use centre for household bulky goods that otherwise would have ended up in landfill
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Drop-off facilities provided by councils

One hundred and one NSW councils provided a recycling drop-off facility (dry recycling and/or garden organics), which was accessible by 56% of households and 55% of the population (Figure 22). The access to recycling drop off facilities varied across NSW with access to these facilities at 26% in the SMA, 95% in the ERA, and 87% in the NRA. The residents of 14 councils had a drop-off facility as their only recycling option.
Figure 22: NSW councils providing a recycling drop off facility
190,191 tonnes of recyclable material were collected at drop off facilities: 32,997 tonnes of dry recyclables 157,194 tonnes of garden organics.
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Recovery rates
The recovery rate is the percentage of the total amount of materials disposed of by households that is recovered for recycling or processing. The target for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the Strategy is to increase recovery rates from 26% to 66% by 2014. MSW is defined in the Strategy as: The solid waste component of the waste stream arising from household waste placed at the kerbside for council collection and waste collected by council from municipal parks and gardens, street sweepings, council engineering works and public council bins. It excludes hazardous, clinical and related wastes. This report is based on waste and recycling generated by households only, which is a component of MSW and is not strictly the total of MSW. However, it is a good place to start for the purpose of looking at the States scorecard. The recovery rate for NSW in 200506 was 37.5% when all collected household waste and recycling is included in the calculation, i.e. residual waste, recycling, garden organics, clean-up and drop-off. The recovery rates for the regions are: SMA 39.2% ERA 39.4% NRA 32.7%. The graphs also indicate the baseline recovery rate of 26% in 2000 and the target recovery rate of 66% by 2014. Note: The following is a key to the notations attached to some local councils data in the following recovery rate graphs:
1 2 3
Council did not supply kerbside waste data Council did not supply kerbside recycling data Council does not provide kerbside waste and recycling services.
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SMA recovery rate

0% Ash eld Auburn Bankstown Baulkham Hills Blacktown Botany Bay Burwood Camden Campbelltown Canada Bay Canterbury Fair eld Holroyd Hornsby Hunters Hill Hurstville Kogarah Ku-ring-gai Lane Cove Leichhardt Liverpool Manly Marrickville Mosman North Sydney Parramatta Penrith Pittwater Council Randwick Rockdale Ryde Strath eld Sutherland Sydney Warringah Waverley Willoughby Woollahra
Baseline = 26% Average of SMA = 39.2% Target = 66%
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100%
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ERA recovery rate

0% Cessnock Gosford Hawkesbury Kiama Lake Macquarie Maitland Newcastle Port Stephens Shellharbour Shoalhaven Wingecarribee Wollongong Wyong
Baseline = 26% Target = 66%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Average of ERA = 39.4%
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NRA recovery rate

0% Albury Armidale Dumaresq Ballina Balranald Bathurst Bega Valley Bellingen Berrigan Bland Blayney Blue Mountains Bogan Bombala Boorowa2 Bourke Brewarrina Broken Hill Byron Cabonne1 Carrathool Central Darling Clarence Valley Cobar Co s Harbour Conargo3 Coolamon Cooma-Monaro3 Coonamble Cootamundra Corowa Cowra Deniliquin Dubbo Dungog Eurobodalla Forbes Gilgandra Glen Innes Severn Gloucester Goulburn Mulwarree Greater Taree Greater Hume Great Lakes Gri th City Gundagai Gunnedah Guyra Gwydir Harden Port Macquarie-Hastings Hay 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Average of NRA = 32.7% Target = 66%
Baseline = 26%
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NRA recovery rate

0% Inverell Jerilderie Junee Kempsey Kyogle Lachlan Leeton Lismore Lithgow Liverpool Plains1 Lockhart Mid-Western Moree Plains Murray Murrumbidgee Muswellbrook Nambucca Narrabri Narrandera Narromine Oberon Orange Palerang Parkes Queanbeyan Richmond Valley Singleton Snowy River Tamworth Regional Temora Tenter eld Tumbarumba Tumut Tweed Upper Hunter2 Upper Lachlan1 Uralla Urana Shire Wagga Wagga Wakool Walcha Walgett Warren Shire Warrumbungle2 Weddin Wellington Wentworth Wollondilly Yass Young
Baseline = 26% Target = 66% Average of NRA = 32.7%
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20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
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Glossary
AWT technology Alternative Waste Treatment technology DECCW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW Domestic waste generation The sum of the total of all materials collected or recovered through the domestic waste collection and resource recovery services (i.e. waste + recycling + garden organics + clean up). Domestic Waste Management Charge The rate that councils charge each year for the provision domestic waste management services for each parcel of rateable land for which the service is available (s496 the Local Government Act 1993). Drop off recycling Places where materials or goods can be lawfully deposited for resource recovery or special management. Dry recyclables The standard range of dry recyclables includes: recyclable paper and cardboard including newspapers, magazines, phone books, cardboard packaging and liquid paperboard; glass bottles and jars; steel cans and aerosols; aluminium rigid and semi-rigid packaging; all plastic containers. Gross yield The total amount of material collected from an individual household as a result of the provision of a specific waste and/or resource recovery service. Household A household comprises the people that usually reside together within a single housing unit (house, unit, farm etc). Kerbside clean up collection A kerbside waste collection for waste items that are too large for collection via the normal household waste service. Kerbside recycling A formalised kerbside collection system for recyclables from households, where the householder segregates the wastes according to material type and places them in containers on the kerbside for separate collection. LGA Local Government Area MGB Mobile Garbage Bin. Also in the general context refers to mobile bins used for the collection of recycling and garden organics.
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Organics Compostable organics is a generic term for all organic materials that are appropriate for collection and use as feedstocks for composting or in related biological treatment systems (e.g anaerobic digestion). Compostable organics is defined by its material components: residual food organics, garden organics, wood and timber, biosolids and agricultural organics. Garden organics include: Putrescible garden organic material (grass clippings) Non-woody garden organic material Woody garden organic material Trees and limbs Stumps and rootballs (not usually accepted in kerbside collection systems). Garden organics is one of the primary components of the compostable organics stream. Predominant bin type Where a council offers residents a range of bin sizes for a particular waste stream, the size used by the greatest number of households in a given LGA is considered the predominant bin type. Predominant service type Where a council offers residents a range of waste service types, the waste service provided to the greatest number of households is considered to be the predominant service type. Recovery Rate The Recovery Rate is the proportion of domestic dry recyclables and organics recovered through kerbside and drop off resource recovery services compared to total domestic waste generation. Residual waste Residual waste or garbage is materials that are not separated for recycling or recovery, but are generally disposed of at solid and inert waste landfills. Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (WARR) Act 2001 An Act to promote waste avoidance and resource recovery. Its purpose is to develop a state-wide framework to achieve integrated waste and resource management planning, programs and service delivery, to provide for the continual reduction in waste generation, to minimise the consumption of natural resources and the final disposal of waste and to encourage the most efficient use of resources. Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy (WARR Strategy) 2003 The development of the WARR Strategy is a requirement of the WARR Act 2001. The initial Strategy was released in 2003 and an updated Strategy was released in 2007. The WARR Strategy provides guidance and priorities for action to ensure that efficient resource use and impacts on the environment are considered throughout the life cycle of goods and materials, including the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, distribution, consumption and recovery for reprocessing or safe disposal.
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Appendix 1: Councils and their waste and resource recovery services

Council name NSW Albury Armidale Dumaresq Ashfield Auburn Ballina * Balranald Bankstown Bathurst Baulkham Hills Bega Valley Bellingen Berrigan Blacktown Bland Blayney Blue Mountains Bogan Bombala Boorowa Botany Bay Bourke Brewarrina Broken Hill * Burwood Byron Population (ABS 30 June 2005) 6,771,799 47,247 24,611 40,018 64,209 39,953 2,730 177,000 37,001 161,068 32,431 12,758 8,289 283,458 6,530 6,773 76,511 3,105 2,534 2,495 37,074 3,906 2,168 20,203 31,158 30,827 Number of indivivdual households 2,574,663 21,017 7,270 14,885 20,954 14,614 760 56,047 14,249 52,358 16,525 5,532 3,857 90,738 2,156 2,309 32,766 869 770 1,039 12,856 1,212 481 9,472 11,084 11,379 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y N N N Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y N Y N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N $187.00 $165.00 $259.00 $191.60 $243.60 $25.40 $257.00 $156.00 Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge $115.00 $199.00 $154.00 $353.40 $170.00 $197.00 $270.00 $117.00 $245.00 $138.32 $246.00 $173.00 $216.00 $192.00 $88.80 $217.00 Variable charges most common charge Not provided Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Urban residential Supplied data Residual MSW collection Kerbside recycling Drop-off recycling facility Domestic waste to AWT Domestic Waste Management Charge (DWMC) Comment on DWMC
Cabonne
12,703
5,100
$228.60
Camden Campbelltown Canada Bay
51,367 150,216 67,261
16,312 51,429 28,989
Y Y Y
Y Y Y
Y Y Y
N N N
N N N
$176.80 $213.20 $218.00
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Council name Canterbury * Carrathool Central Darling Cessnock Clarence Valley Cobar Coffs Harbour *
Population (ABS 30 June 2005) 134,126 3,274 2,406 48,502 49,538 5,013 67,442
Number of indivivdual households 43,753 806 1,102 15,490 23,023 1,596 27,195
Supplied data Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Residual MSW collection Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Kerbside recycling Y N N Y Y N Y
Drop-off recycling facility N N N Y Y N Y
Domestic waste to AWT N N N N N N N
Domestic Waste Management Charge (DWMC) $240.00
Comment on DWMC
Not provided $170.00 $206.65 $184.00 $155.00 $252.00 Variable charges most common charge No domestic kerbside services provided No domestic kerbside services provided Coonamble only variable charges depending on township Variable charges most common charge
Conargo Coolamon * Cooma-Monaro
1,800 4,127 9,792
350 1,189 4,800
Y Y Y
N Y N
N N N
N N Y
N N N
$0.00 $165.00 $174.00
Coonamble Cootamundra Corowa Cowra Deniliquin Dubbo * Dungog Eurobodalla Fairfield Forbes Gilgandra Glen Innes Severn Gloucester Gosford * Goulburn Mulwarree Great Lakes Greater Hume Greater Taree
4,714 7,623 11,058 13,185 8,169 39,263 8,440 36,389 187,790 9,974 4,660 8,735 4,917 163,304 27,112 34,659 10,510 46,986
1,438 3,025 4,285 4,305 2,960 13,635 3,349 22,374 58,283 2,702 2,170 3,292 1,520 68,000 8,982 19,732 4,200 19,963
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
N N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
$230.00 $207.90 $40.00 $320.00 $90.00 $121.00 $124.00 $195.00 $260.00 $213.45 $150.00 $102.50 $196.00 $250.64 $158.50 $215.00 $145.00 $150.00
Variable charges most common charge
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Appendix 1: Councils and their waste and resource recovery services (continued)
Council name Griffith * Gundagai Gunnedah Guyra Gwydir Harden * Hawkesbury Hay Holroyd Hornsby Hunters Hill Hurstville Inverell Jerilderie * Junee Kempsey Kiama Kogarah Ku-ring-gai Kyogle Lachlan Lake Macquarie Lane Cove Leeton Leichhardt Lismore Population (ABS 30 June 2005) 25,140 3,764 12,074 4,460 5,530 3,773 63,824 3,534 91,941 157,204 13,928 76,036 15,794 1,871 5,922 28,742 20,357 55,800 108,697 9,630 7,360 190,320 32,326 12,026 51,142 43,628 Number of indivivdual households 7,354 820 5,173 1,283 1,280 1,033 22,602 3,600 35,922 54,762 4,540 29,135 7,395 430 1,820 10,767 7,783 20,696 36,662 2,744 1,836 72,161 12,865 4,448 24,065 15,800 Supplied data Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Residual MSW collection Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Kerbside recycling N Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y N N Y Y N Y N Drop-off recycling facility N Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N Y N N Y Y Domestic waste to AWT N N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N Domestic Waste Management Charge (DWMC) $150.00 $210.00 $175.00 $180.00 $149.00 $208.63 $151.40 $92.00 $214.00 $251.00 $267.46 $230.00 $235.00 $134.04 $205.00 $136.00 $277.20 $249.60 $250.00 $218.00 $128.00 $193.80 $299.00 $28.80 $343.00 $137.40 Variable charges most common charge Condobolin only variable charges depending on township Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Estimated on total Collected and households serviced Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Comment on DWMC
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Council name
Population (ABS 30 June 2005) 20,889 170,192 7,852 3,520 61,517 38,886 75,114
Number of indivivdual households 7,363 52,699 2,323 876 22,015 17,700 32,621
Supplied data Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Residual MSW collection Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Kerbside recycling Y Y Y N Y Y Y
Drop-off recycling facility N N Y N Y Y N
Domestic waste to AWT N N N N N N N
Domestic Waste Management Charge (DWMC) $208.00 $220.00 $196.00 $125.25 $174.80 $290.00 $292.29
Comment on DWMC Variable charges most common charge
Lithgow * Liverpool Liverpool Plains Lockhart Maitland Manly Marrickville
Mid-Western
22,141
8,882
$127.30
Mudgee/ Gulgong only variable charges depending on township Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Estimated on total Collected and households serviced
Moree Plains
15,936
5,895
$221.50
Mosman Murray Murrumbidgee Muswellbrook Nambucca Narrabri Narrandera Narromine Newcastle North Sydney Oberon Orange * Palerang Parkes Parramatta
28,363 6,729 2,620 15,149 18,755 14,172 6,582 7,033 146,967 60,944 5,447 37,791 11,470 15,034 151,860
12,650 2,138 630 6,027 7,046 4,279 2,433 1,815 56,655 31,658 1,355 15,662 4,500 6,366 52,674
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y
Y N N Y Y Y N Y N N Y Y Y N N
N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
$264.00 $165.00 $68.55 $163.00 $352.00 $200.00 $150.28 $236.00 $194.39 $186.00 $124.00 $136.80 $253.00 $160.00 $232.40
Variable charges most common charge for Narrandera
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Appendix 1: Councils and their waste and resource recovery services (continued)
Council name Population (ABS 30 June 2005) 177,955 57,354 70,581 63,579 37,169 126,034 20,913 95,341 Number of indivivdual households 61,380 20,779 28,774 27,993 14,862 53,590 9,224 34,600 Supplied data Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Residual MSW collection Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Kerbside recycling Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Drop-off recycling facility N Y Y N Y Y Y N Domestic waste to AWT Y N Y Y N N N N Domestic Waste Management Charge (DWMC) $225.00 $291.00 $305.45 $249.50 $182.00 $281.60 $215.00 $256.00 Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Urban residential Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge Comment on DWMC Variable charges most common charge
Penrith Pittwater Port MacquarieHastings Port Stephens Queanbeyan Randwick Richmond Valley Rockdale
Ryde
99,550
37,103
$215.00
Shellharbour
63,124
24,640
$178.00
Shoalhaven Singleton Snowy River Strathfield Sutherland
93,615 22,270 7,293 31,624 215,053
46,381 8,063 4,109 11,022 78,067
Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y N N
N N N N N
$176.00 $217.00 $255.81 $245.00 $243.50
Sydney Tamworth Regional Temora Tenterfield Tumbarumba Tumut Tweed
148,367
76,000
$235.50
54,522 6,337 6,805 3,613 11,347 80,935
19,724 1,934 3,804 1,169 3,850 33,666
Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y N N N Y
Y Y Y N Y N
N N N N N N
$198.00 $125.00 $240.00 $252.00 $235.00 $65.00
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Council name
Population (ABS 30 June 2005) 13,424
Number of indivivdual households 6,713
Supplied data Y
Residual MSW collection Y
Kerbside recycling Y
Drop-off recycling facility Y
Domestic waste to AWT N
Domestic Waste Management Charge (DWMC) $198.00
Comment on DWMC Variable charges most common charge Crookwell only variable charges depending on township Variable charges most common charge
Upper Hunter
Upper Lachlan
7,328
2,614
$194.00
Uralla Urana * Wagga Wagga Wakool Walcha Walgett Warren * Warringah Warrumbungle Waverley Weddin Wellington Wentworth Willoughby Wingecarribee Wollondilly
6,075 1,389 58,055 4,836 3,283 8,031 3,273 139,626 10,508 61,611 3,848 7,328 7,300 63,959 44,670 41,463
2,261 382 21,197 1,445 848 4,545 760 50,151 5,200 29,510 2,000 2,434 2,137 24,593 16,524 13,350
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Y N Y Y Y N N Y Y Y N N N Y Y Y
Y N Y Y Y Y N Y Y N N N N N Y Y
N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N
$186.20 $135.00 $180.00 $93.00 $205.00 $271.10 $158.00 $256.00 $255.00 $339.00 $162.00 $170.00 $170.00 $295.00 $263.00 $273.76
Grenfell only variable charges depending on township Urban residential
Variable charges most common charge Variable charges most common charge
Wollongong Woollahra Wyong Yass Young
192,402 52,747 143,393 12,936 12,035
74,518 31,308 59,999 3,184 4,470
Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y
Y N Y Y Y
N N N N N
$210.00 $260.00 $249.40 $256.00 166.92
* Household numbers adjusted to allow for mis-reporting of individual households in Multi Unit Dwellings
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Appendix 2: Classification of councils, Schedule 1 POEO Act

Sydney Metropolitan Area (SMA) Non-Regulated Area (NRA)
150 200 350 500 750 1100 1300 1450 1500 1520 1550 2850 3950 4000 4100 4150 4450 4500 4700 4800 4900 5150 5200 5350 5950 6250 6350 6370 6550 6650 6700 7100 7150 7210 8000 8050 8250 8500 1720 3100 3800 4400 4650 5050 5900 6400 6900 6950 8350 8450 8550
Ashfield Auburn Bankstown Baulkham Hills Blacktown Botany Bay Burwood Camden Campbelltown Canada Bay Canterbury Fairfield Holroyd Hornsby Hunters Hill Hurstville Kogarah Ku-ring-gai Lane Cove Leichhardt Liverpool Manly Marrickville Mosman North Sydney Parramatta Penrith Pittwater Randwick Rockdale Ryde Strathfield Sutherland Sydney Warringah Waverley Willoughby Woollahra Cessnock Gosford Hawkesbury Kiama Lake Macquarie Maitland Newcastle Port Stephens Shellharbour Shoalhaven Wingecarribee Wollongong Wyong
Extended Regional Area (ERA)
60 110 250 300 470 550 600 650 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1150 1200 1250 1350 1400 1600 1700 1730 1750 1800 1860 2000 2060 2150 2200 2310 2350 2500 2600 2700 2750 2900 2950 3020 3050 3310 3350 3370 3400 3450 3500 3550 3650 3660 3700 3750 3850 4200
Albury Armidale Dumaresq Ballina Balranald Bathurst Bega Valley Bellingen Berrigan Bland Blayney Blue Mountains Bogan Bombala Boorowa Bourke Brewarrina Broken Hill Byron Cabonne Carrathool Central Darling Clarence Valley Cobar Coffs Harbour Conargo Coolamon Cooma-Monaro Coonamble Cootamundra Corowa Cowra Deniliquin Dubbo Dungog Eurobodalla Forbes Gilgandra Glen Innes Severn Gloucester Goulburn Mulwarree Greater Taree Greater Hume Great Lakes Griffith City Gundagai Gunnedah Guyra Gwydir Harden Port Macquarie-Hastings Hay Inverell
4250 4300 4350 4550 4600 4750 4850 4880 4920 4950 5270 5300 5500 5550 5650 5700 5750 5800 5850 6110 6150 6180 6200 6470 6610 7000 7050 7310 7350 7400 7450 7510 7550 7620 7640 7650 7700 7750 7800 7850 7900 7950 8020 8100 8150 8200 8400 8710 8750
Jerilderie Junee Kempsey Kyogle Lachlan Leeton Lismore Lithgow Liverpool Plains Lockhart Mid-Western Moree Plains Murray Murrumbidgee Muswellbrook Nambucca Narrabri Narrandera Narromine Oberon Orange Palerang Parkes Queanbeyan Richmond Valley Singleton Snowy River Tamworth Regional Temora Tenterfield Tumbarumba Tumut Tweed Upper Hunter Upper Lachlan Uralla Urana Shire Wagga Wagga Wakool Walcha Walgett Warren Shire Warrumbungle Weddin Wellington Wentworth Wollondilly Yass Young
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Total domestic recovery (kerbside, clean up, drop off) 0506 0506
Domestic recovery (kerbside only)
DLG group no.
ABS
Council name
Domestic kerbside, clean up, drop-off, dry recyclables and organics Domestic kerbside, clean up, drop-off, waste to landfill Total domestic waste generated Total domestic recovery rate % 37.5% 39.2% 535,353 4,266 5,289 32,394 16,973 23,034 3,212 3,573 11,112 27,241 45.5% 37.0% 34.3% 23.2% 65,402 5,153 31,400 23,164 18,882 6,108 51,617 11,826 50.6% 31.2% 38.8% 46.3% 63.4% 48.4% 12,585 19,743 11,357 6,803 32,042 1,608 12,193 10,715 32,661 5,718 9,896 14,184 37,877 46,246 58,466 9,250 7,151 10,497 30,088 14,046 31,113 44,514 27,668 29,091 3,401 17,036 10,688 17,150 6,108 862,798 28.9% 26.1% 44.2% 29.9% 42.8% 32.1% 32.6% 50.8% 47.8% 879,734 1,575,267 tonnes tonnes tonnes 2,455,000 1,398,151 14,162 19,473 70,270 63,219 81,500 12,462 10,724 21,609 57,329 26,632 50,857 55,871 34,471 61,133 5,008 29,229 21,403 49,811 11,826 tonnes 3,093,163 1,550,186 15,175 20,465 73,675 65,985 109,801 14,874 11,216 21,976 64,192 28,098 53,882 82,884 36,021 Domestic kerbside dry recyclables and organics Total domestic kerbside waste to landfill % Total domestic kerbside waste generated tonnes 1,934,085 941,980 10,796 15,134 41,121 46,246 62,850 10,103 7,558 10,815 33,520 15,314 33,943 54,472 27,668 32,324 3,546 19,207 12,443
Total domestic kerbside recovery rate
tonnes 608,206 4,379 5,331 32,554 19,739 46,951 4,772 3,658 11,161 30,672 12,783 19,938 28,411 8,354 33,078 1,608 12,193 10,721 32,735 5,718
NSW
1,159,078
35.8% 38.3% 30.1% 27.2% 46.1% 26.8% 28.3% 25.8% 33.3% 51.4% 47.5% 47.3% 38.8% 20.3% 19.7% 52.4% 32.1% 41.7% 50.1% 65.6% 48.4%
SMA
Appendix 3: Recovery rates
150
Ashfield
200
Auburn
350
Bankstown
500
Baulkham Hills
750
Blacktown
1100
Botany Bay
1300
Burwood
1450
Camden
1500
Campbelltown
1520
Canada Bay
1550
Canterbury
2850
Fairfield
3950
Holroyd
4000
Hornsby
4100
Hunters Hill
4150
Hurstville
4450
Kogarah
4500
Ku-ring-gai
4700
Lane Cove
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DLG group no.
40
ABS
Council name
Domestic kerbside, clean up, drop-off, dry recyclables and organics Domestic kerbside, clean up, drop-off, waste to landfill Total domestic waste generated tonnes 21,018 61,254 15,652 28,657 12,082 20,490 63,643 75,442 23,303 47,328 38,001 40,344 12,238 101,670 58,763 64,259 25,997 29,867 23,373 29.4% 45.3% 22.5% 52.0% 35.3% 50.7% 44.0% 25.3% 28.7% 38.0% 49.7% 11,580 17,533 9,865 9,917 3,596 45,663 12,429 25,578 9,169 14,975 10,282 29.2% 14,528 42.4% 26,995 44.7% 9,138 45.7% 5,296 6,195 10,232 35,140 50,749 11,255 26,032 23,622 27,631 8,306 46,807 40,112 26,014 15,605 14,152 12,147 39.2% 10,971 15,919 50.2% 7,689 6,955 17.3% 9,699 50,670 39.9% 7,932 10,785 18,717 60,369 14,643 26,890 11,491 19,370 62,135 65,277 22,835 43,565 33,487 37,548 11,902 92,470 52,542 51,591 24,774 29,127 22,429 % tonnes tonnes tonnes % 42.4% 16.1% 52.5% 40.8% 46.1% 47.2% 43.4% 22.3% 50.7% 40.2% 29.5% 26.4% 30.2% 49.4% 23.7% 49.6% 37.0% 51.4% 45.8% Total domestic recovery rate Domestic kerbside dry recyclables and organics Total domestic kerbside waste to landfill Total domestic kerbside recovery rate Total domestic kerbside waste generated tonnes 12,631 50,670 7,801 17,413 6,561 11,322 36,644 53,379 11,723 29,352 27,098 30,123 8,641 55,572 45,534 30,825 16,828 14,724 13,091
tonnes 8,387 10,583 7,851 11,244 5,521 9,168 26,999 22,063 11,580 17,976 10,903 10,221 3,596 46,098 13,230 33,435 9,169 15,143 10,282
4800
Leichhardt
4900
Liverpool
5150
Manly
5200
Marrickville
5350
Mosman
Appendix 3: Recovery rates (continued)
5950
North Sydney
6250
Parramatta
6350
Penrith
6370
Pittwater
6550
Randwick
6650
Rockdale
6700
Ryde
7100
Strathfield
7150
Sutherland
7210
Sydney
8000
Warringah
8050
Waverley
8250
Willoughby
8500
Woollahra
ERA 3,937 45,797 10,628 5,393 30,207 5,537 19,616 18,744 10,984 22,467 17,882 45,897 37,215 276,569 5,224 5,758 3,146 0 2,768 7,712 1,406 3,737 2,796 2,893 16,983 0 782 0 97 0 175 500 3,437 125 1,144 28,163 2,000 2,861 5,657 4,893 45,146 1,144 957 500 3,534 125 9,638 13,375 1,762 3,168 19,147 26,859 15,448 18,216 15.2% 28.7% 44.4% 27.9% 49.4% 59.1% 37.6% 0.0% 81.7% 0.0% 2.7% 0.0% 946 946 0.0% 14,196 17,342 18.1% 4,778 10,536 54.6% 11,379 16,603 31.5% 3,368 5,568 3,146 0 605 5,971 938 605 0 493 6,302 0 601 0 0 0 569,934 846,503 32.7% 163,452 35,423 72,638 51.2% 27,345 49,801 95,698 48.0% 36,220 36,619 30,021 410,779 11,049 4,778 11,743 936 10,448 5,147 1,654 6,029 2,852 2,000 23,987 1,144 145 500 1,997 120 7,196 25,078 71.3% 4,170 5,190 26,093 48,560 46.3% 11,244 21,704 13,151 24,135 45.5% 6,517 13,069 9,531 28,275 66.3% 5,127 8,353 13,480 19,586 32,948 9,360 72,839 57,366 574,231 14,417 10,346 14,889 936 11,053 11,119 2,592 6,634 2,852 2,493 30,290 1,144 746 500 1,997 120 58,251 77,867 25.2% 13,884 45,060 58,944 48,460 53,997 10.3% 5,250 18,470 23,720 96,510 126,717 23.8% 19,072 56,022 75,094 25.4% 22.1% 23.6% 38.0% 33.3% 34.1% 44.6% 49.7% 47.7% 28.5% 23.4% 53.8% 21.1% 0.0% 5.5% 53.7% 36.2% 9.1% 0.0% 19.8% 20.8% 0.0% 80.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6,226 11,618 46.4% 3,300 3,424 6,725 49.1% 21,337 31,965 33.2% 6,182 18,378 24,560 25.2% 36,124 81,921 55.9% 38,857 31,312 70,169 55.4% 14,068 18,005 21.9% 3,760 14,068 17,828 21.1%
274,303
422,170
696,473
39.4%
180,929
301,690
482,619
37.5%
1720
Cessnock
3100
Gosford
3800
Hawkesbury
4400
Kiama
4650
Lake Macquarie
5050
Maitland
5900
Newcastle
6400
Port Stephens
6900
Shellharbour
6950
Shoalhaven
8350
Wingecarribee
8450
Wollongong
8550
Wyong
NRA
60
Albury
110
Armidale Dumaresq
250
Ballina
300
Balranald
470
Bathurst
550
Bega Valley
600
Bellingen
11
650
Berrigan
10
800
Bland
10
850
Blayney
10
900
Blue Mountains
950
Bogan
1000
Bombala
1050
Boorowa
1150
Bourke
1200
Brewarrina
41
DLG group no.
42
ABS
Council name
Domestic kerbside, clean up, drop-off, dry recyclables and organics Domestic kerbside, clean up, drop-off, waste to landfill Total domestic waste generated tonnes 10,139 13,701 19,479 2,056 600 41,991 1,602 27,269 0 1,660 2,709 1,111 3,973 2,963 6,864 5,915 15,809 4,307 15,723 4,829 1,758 35.9% 26.6% 31.6% 20.7% 9.3% 24.5% 33.4% 46.1% 54.5% 6.4% 48.0% 9.6% 0.0% 0 0 0 11 272 789 806 0 31 657 4,091 222 624 42.3% 11,525 0.2% 0 35.5% 8,379 0.0% 0 600 11,258 1,544 12,371 0 1,500 0 1,040 2,545 2,174 3,502 2,622 12,691 1,650 10,073 2,600 800 0.0% 0 806 3.0% 592 0 47.2% 3,316 5,410 31.5% 1,213 6,942 8,156 8,726 592 806 600 19,637 1,544 23,896 0 1,500 0 1,051 2,817 2,963 4,308 2,622 12,722 2,307 14,164 2,822 1,424 % tonnes tonnes tonnes % 14.9% 38.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 42.7% 0.0% 48.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 9.7% 26.6% 18.7% 0.0% 0.2% 28.5% 28.9% 7.9% 43.8% Total domestic recovery rate Domestic kerbside dry recyclables and organics Total domestic kerbside waste to landfill Total domestic kerbside recovery rate Total domestic kerbside waste generated tonnes 6,942 7,234 18,887 2,056 600 27,098 1,599 15,744 0 1,500 1,409 1,040 2,545 2,174 4,694 4,689 14,337 3,250 10,473 2,604 800
tonnes 3,196 6,467 592 0 0 14,893 3 11,525 0 160 1,300 71 1,428 789 2,170 1,226 1,472 1,057 5,250 2,226 958
1250
Broken Hill
1350
Byron
1400
Cabonne1
11
1600
Carrathool
1700
Central Darling
1730
Clarence Valley
1750
Cobar
10
1800
Coffs Harbour
1860
Conargo
2000
Coolamon
2060
Cooma-Monaro3
10
2150
Coonamble
2200
Cootamundra
10
2310
Corowa
11
2350
Cowra
11
2500
Deniliquin
2600
Dubbo
2700
Dungog
10
2750
Eurobodalla
2900
Forbes
10
2950
Gilgandra
3020 481 8,302 9,260 701 7,040 55 243 2,974 485 344 189 24,886 0 2,133 0 574 2,434 407 0 0 8,737 838 1,037 0 5,006 2,961 263 0 1,474 4,307 620 525 4,116 6,812 560 3,767 4,605 1,037 560 11,818 7,268 883 525 5,590 0.0% 42.4% 40.7% 29.8% 0.0% 26.4% 13,642 22,379 4,198 4,198 1,796 1,796 0.0% 0.0% 39.0% 18.2% 2,481 2,888 14.1% 11,128 13,562 17.9% 531 1,106 51.9% 832 832 0.0% 0 360 0 0 0 0 3,986 838 240 0 3,439 1,155 263 0 1,045 9,500 11,633 18.3% 1,736 1,310 1,310 0.0% 0 14,891 39,778 62.6% 14,255 10,914 1,310 9,500 832 526 10,036 1,338 1,796 4,198 6,794 3,767 0 560 2,700 2,904 620 525 3,974 1,383 1,572 12.0% 0 1,383 4,658 5,002 6.9% 127 1,248 462 948 51.2% 485 462 6,473 9,446 31.5% 2,974 2,731 5,705 948 1,375 1,383 25,169 1,310 11,236 832 886 10,036 1,338 1,796 4,198 10,780 4,605 240 560 6,139 4,059 883 525 5,019 263 506 48.1% 203 263 466 9,182 9,237 0.6% 0 9,131 9,131 15,220 22,260 31.6% 3,000 8,914 11,914 25.2% 0.0% 43.6% 52.1% 51.2% 9.2% 0.0% 56.6% 0.0% 15.5% 0.0% 40.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 37.0% 18.2% 100.0% 0.0% 56.0% 28.5% 29.8% 0.0% 20.8% 1,650 2,351 29.8% 108 1,650 1,758 6.1% 10,745 20,005 46.3% 4,554 10,294 14,848 30.7% 4,000 12,302 67.5% 8,262 4,000 12,262 67.4% 2,700 3,181 15.1% 231 2,700 2,931 7.9%
Glen Innes Severn
823
1,979
2,802
29.4%
551
1,979
2,530
21.8%
3050
Gloucester
3310
Goulburn Mulwarree
3350
Greater Taree
3370
Greater Hume
11
3400
Great Lakes
3450
Griffith City
3500
Gundagai
3550
Gunnedah
11
3650
Guyra
3660
Gwydir
10
3700
Harden
3750
Port MacquarieHastings
3850
Hay
4200
Inverell
11
4250
Jerilderie
4300
Junee
10
4350
Kempsey
4550
Kyogle
10
4600
Lachlan
10
4750
Leeton
11
4850
Lismore
4880
Lithgow
4920
Liverpool Plains1
10
4950
Lockhart
5270
Mid-Western
5300
Moree Plains
11
5500
Murray
10
5550
Murrumbidgee
5650
Muswellbrook
11
43
DLG group no.
44
ABS
Council name
Domestic kerbside, clean up, drop-off, dry recyclables and organics Domestic kerbside, clean up, drop-off, waste to landfill Total domestic waste generated tonnes 9,653 6,922 848 2,628 1,096 23,623 1,322 9,945 16,650 7,096 24,016 1,979 37,924 5,905 1,890 3,350 3,820 31,175 5,752 145 1,568 38.5% 45.6% 36.5% 0.0% 11.0% 20.1% 21.8% 82.7% 54.1% 24.2% 12.1% 27.6% 51.9% 5,204 0 1,521 213 5,802 630 0 0 0 6,128 0 43 794 6.1% 606 30.1% 364 34.3% 7,937 1.5% 0 1,080 13,327 925 9,339 7,546 5,137 5,423 1,500 12,416 1,560 1,200 750 3,400 23,394 4,500 0 720 20.1% 528 2,100 0.0% 0 848 13.3% 922 4,000 14.0% 740 7,814 8,553 4,922 848 2,628 1,080 21,264 1,289 9,945 12,750 5,137 6,944 1,713 18,218 2,190 1,200 750 3,400 29,522 4,500 43 1,514 % tonnes tonnes tonnes % 8.6% 18.7% 0.0% 20.1% 0.0% 37.3% 28.2% 6.1% 40.8% 0.0% 21.9% 12.4% 31.8% 28.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20.8% 0.0% 100.0% 52.4% Total domestic recovery rate Domestic kerbside dry recyclables and organics Total domestic kerbside waste to landfill Total domestic kerbside recovery rate Total domestic kerbside waste generated tonnes 8,299 6,000 848 2,100 1,080 15,532 925 9,339 8,006 5,137 21,100 1,500 23,340 3,210 1,200 3,350 3,400 24,900 4,500 25 720
tonnes 1,354 922 0 528 16 8,091 397 606 8,644 1,959 2,916 479 14,584 2,695 690 0 420 6,275 1,252 120 848
5700
Nambucca
11
5750
Narrabri
11
5800
Narrandera
10
5850
Narromine
10
6110
Oberon
10
6150
Orange
6180
Palerang
11
6200
Parkes
11
6470
Queanbeyan
6610
Richmond Valley
7000
Singleton
7050
Snowy River
10
7310
Tamworth Regional
7350
Temora
10
7400
Tenterfield
10
7450
Tumbarumba
7510
Tumut
11
7550
Tweed
7620
Upper Hunter
11
7640
Upper Lachlan
10
7650
Uralla
10
7700 15,824 398 361 431 0 0 0 0 0 14,251 1,249 1,532 3,240 4,772 32.1% 871 1,544 540 1,789 69.8% 873 530 12,370 26,621 53.5% 6,080 7,330 598 598 0.0% 0 598 3,500 3,500 0.0% 0 3,500 3,500 598 13,410 1,403 2,415 1,500 1,500 0.0% 0 1,500 1,500 500 500 0.0% 0 500 500 1,800 1,800 0.0% 0 1,800 1,800 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 45.3% 62.2% 36.1% 1,820 2,251 19.1% 0 1,820 1,820 0.0% 806 1,167 30.9% 111 780 891 12.4% 880 1,278 31.2% 327 880 1,207 27.1% 10,566 26,390 60.0% 15,824 10,213 26,037 60.8%
Urana Shire
2,198
2,198
0.0%
1,098
1,098
0.0%
7750
Wagga Wagga
7800
Wakool
7850
Walcha
7900
Walgett
10
7950
Warren Shire
8020
Warrumbungle
11
8100
Weddin
8150
Wellington
10
8200
Wentworth
10
8400
Wollondilly
8710
Yass
11
8750
Young
11
No kerbside waste data reported
No kerbside recycling data reported
No kerbside services
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Appendix 4: Household yield by council

ABS Council NSW 60 110 150 200 250 300 350 470 500 550 600 650 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1400 1450 1500 1520 1550 1600 1700 1720 1730 1750 1800 1860 2000 2060 Albury Armidale Dumaresq Ashfield Auburn Ballina Balranald Bankstown Bathurst Baulkham Hills Bega Valley Bellingen Berrigan Blacktown Bland Blayney Blue Mountains Bogan Bombala Boorowa Bourke Brewarrina Broken Hill Burwood Byron Cabonne 1 Camden Campbelltown Canada Bay Canterbury Carrathool Central Darling Cessnock Clarence Valley Cobar Coffs Harbour Conargo
3 2
DLG Group No.
Kerbside dry recycling kg/hh/wk 5.00 3.08 5.51 5.51 4.19 4.14 0.00 4.99 0.94 6.23 4.65 4.94 4.57 4.94 0.00 5.01 3.82 0.00 15.01 0.00 3.91 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.77 5.62 4.34 6.56 5.15 5.79 5.18 0.00 0.00 4.67 3.93 0.00 4.25 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kerbside dry recycling kg/ca/wk 1.81 1.37 1.63 2.05 0.88 1.51 0.00 1.58 0.31 2.03 2.12 1.41 1.40 1.56 0.00 1.40 1.58 0.00 4.56 0.00 1.36 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.70 2.07 0.90 2.08 1.76 2.49 1.69 0.00 0.00 1.49 1.49 0.00 1.51 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kerbside residual waste kg/ hh/wk 12.12 10.11 12.64 12.79 13.02 15.45 23.68 13.00 14.10 16.99 5.99 8.70 30.13 12.39 25.44 20.32 14.53 26.41 3.62 14.66 13.84 43.49 4.80 14.09 12.41 9.14 0.00 12.38 11.25 9.32 13.68 19.23 23.99 17.47 11.56 18.60 8.75 0.00 24.26 0.00
Kerbside residual waste kg/ ca/wk 4.47 4.50 3.73 4.76 4.25 5.65 6.59 4.12 5.43 5.52 3.05 2.49 13.99 3.97 8.40 5.68 6.03 7.09 1.10 3.85 4.80 9.83 1.06 6.61 4.41 3.37 0.00 3.93 3.85 4.02 4.46 4.73 4.80 5.58 4.37 5.92 3.53 0.00 6.99 0.00
4 4 2 2 4 9 3 4 7 4 11 10 3 10 10 7 9 9 9 2 9 9 4 2 4 11 6 7 2 3 9 9 4 4 10 4 8 9
3
Botany Bay
Coolamon Cooma-Monaro
10
46
ABS
Council NSW
DLG Group No.
2150 2200 2310 2350 2500 2600 2700 2750 2850 2900 2950 3020 3050 3100 3310 3350 3370 3400 3450 3500 3550 3650 3660 3700 3750 3800 3850 3950 4000 4100 4150 4200 4250 4300 4350 4400 4450 4500 4550
Coonamble Cootamundra Corowa Cowra Deniliquin Dubbo Dungog Eurobodalla Fairfield Forbes Gilgandra Glen Innes Severn Gloucester Gosford Goulburn Mulwarree Greater Taree Greater Hume Great Lakes Griffith City Gundagai Gunnedah Guyra Gwydir Harden Port Macquarie-Hastings Hawkesbury Hay Holroyd Hornsby Hunters Hill Hurstville Inverell Jerilderie Junee Kempsey Kiama Kogarah Ku-ring-gai Kyogle
9 10 11 11 4 4 10 4 3 10 9 6 9 7 4 4 11 4 4 9 11 9 10 9 4 6 9 3 7 2 3 11 8 10 4 4 2 3 10
47
Appendix 4: Household yield by council (continued)

ABS Council NSW 4600 4650 4700 4750 4800 4850 4880 4900 4920 4950 5050 5150 5200 5270 5300 5350 5500 5550 5650 5700 5750 5800 5850 5900 5950 6110 6150 6180 6200 6250 6350 6370 6400 6470 6550 6610 6650 6700 6900 Lachlan Lake Macquarie Lane Cove Leeton Leichhardt Lismore Lithgow Liverpool Liverpool Plains Lockhart Maitland Manly Marrickville Mid-Western Moree Plains Mosman Murray Murrumbidgee Muswellbrook Nambucca Narrabri Narrandera Narromine Newcastle North Sydney Oberon Orange Palerang Parkes Parramatta Penrith Pittwater Port Stephens Queanbeyan Randwick Richmond Valley Rockdale Ryde Shellharbour
1
DLG Group No.
10 5 2 11 2 4 4 7 10 9 4 2 3 4 11 2 10 9 11 11 11 10 10 5 2 10 4 11 11 3 7 2 4 4 3 4 3 3 4
48
ABS
Council NSW
DLG Group No.
Kerbside dry recycling kg/hh/wk 5.00 4.72 4.37 1.89 4.92 6.31 3.01 3.44 7.57 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.97 0.00 4.50 10.80 0.00 7.69 4.35 2.55 0.00 0.00 6.96 0.00 5.61 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.51 5.29 5.15 3.74 4.60 3.02 5.47 3.91
Kerbside dry recycling kg/ca/wk 1.81 2.31 1.31 0.56 1.72 2.29 1.54 0.87 1.91 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.95 0.00 0.11 2.51 0.00 2.81 1.30 0.65 0.00 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.68 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.89 1.80 1.66 1.45 2.73 1.26 1.30 1.39
Kerbside residual waste kg/ hh/wk 12.12 9.00 14.16 13.15 14.49 11.53 10.15 13.78 18.36 15.67 20.06 16.98 14.25 22.44 0.00 9.26 55.25 9.27 11.71 17.99 19.91 45.55 9.98 1.85 10.17 28.85 28.40 5.38 11.07 6.04 10.56 9.45 7.46 9.62 3.33 6.93
Kerbside residual waste kg/ ca/wk 4.47 4.46 4.68 3.96 5.05 4.19 5.20 4.38 4.73 3.39 3.99 5.76 5.56 6.45 0.00 2.28 15.19 3.38 3.50 4.57 4.36 10.58 3.58 0.92 4.87 7.50 9.19 1.58 4.26 2.23 3.40 3.66 4.43 4.03 0.79 2.47
6950 7000 7050 7100 7150 7210 7310 7350 7400 7450 7510 7550 7620 7640 7650 7700 7750 7800 7850 7900 7950 8000 8020 8050 8100 8150 8200 8250 8350 8400 8450 8500 8550 8710 8750
1
Shoalhaven Singleton Snowy River Strathfield Sutherland Sydney Tamworth Regional Temora Tenterfield Tumbarumba Tumut Tweed Upper Hunter Uralla Urana Shire Wagga Wagga Wakool Walcha Walgett Warren Shire Warringah Warrumbungle Waverley Weddin Wellington Wentworth Willoughby Wingecarribee Wollondilly Wollongong Woollahra Wyong Yass Young
2 2 1
5 4 10 2 3 1 4 10 10 9 11 5 11 10 10 8 4 9 9 10 9 3 11 2 9 10 10 2 4 6 5 2 7 11 11
Upper Lachlan
Figures based on Kerbside Collection with a Kerbside service. No kerbside waste data reported 2 No kerbside recycling data reported 3 No kerbside services
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NSW Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report

as reported by councils 20052006 and 20062007

Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW

Executive summary 20052006 and 20062007

NSW Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report

Executive summary 20052006

Dry recyclables collected at the kerbside

Figure 1: NSW councils providing kerbside recycling collection services

Figure 2: Average household recyclables yield across local government areas

Household dry recyclables gross yield (kg/week)

Table 1: Average annual household recyclables yield by collection system

(kg/hh/wk) 5.02 4.37 4.99 6.43 6.10 5.11 6.30 4.02

Figure 3: Average weekly household recyclables yield by collection system

Figure 4: Kerbside dry recycling collected in NSW 200001 to 200506.

10 8 kg/Hh/week 6 4 2 0 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0

4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0

Figure 7: The environmental benefits of recycling 609,331 tonnes of resources

Garden organics collected at the kerbside

Figure 8: NSW councils providing kerbside garden organics collection services

Figure 9: Average household garden organics yield by households receiving service

Average of reporting councils 4.2 kg per household

Household garden organics gross yield (kg/week)

Table 2: Average weekly household garden organics yield by collection system

Household organics yield (kg/week)

Figure 11: Kerbside garden organics collected in NSW 2000 to 2006

3.0 2.5 kg/ca/week 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0

Residual waste collected at the kerbside (taken to landfill and/or AWT)

Figure 15: Household residual waste yields

Table 3: Residual waste collection system by region

Mix of MGBs, predominant size not stated

Mix of MGBs. Predominant size not stated.

Household yield residual waste (kg/week)

Figure 17: Domestic residual waste collected at kerbside (tonnes)

862,798 301,690 NSW SMA ERA 410,779

9.0 6.0 3.0 0.0

Alternative Waste Treatment (AWT)

Figure 20: Councils and AWT.

Domestic waste management charges

Kerbside clean up service

Figure 21: NSW councils with a kerbside clean up service

Drop-off facilities provided by councils

Figure 22: NSW councils providing a recycling drop off facility

SMA recovery rate

ERA recovery rate

Average of ERA = 39.4%

NRA recovery rate

Average of NRA = 32.7% Target = 66%

NRA recovery rate

Appendix 1: Councils and their waste and resource recovery services

Camden Campbelltown Canada Bay

51,367 150,216 67,261

16,312 51,429 28,989

$176.80 $213.20 $218.00

Residual MSW collection Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Drop-off recycling facility N N N Y Y N Y

Domestic waste to AWT N N N N N N N

Domestic Waste Management Charge (DWMC) $240.00

Conargo Coolamon * Cooma-Monaro

1,800 4,127 9,792

350 1,189 4,800

$0.00 $165.00 $174.00