Waste sent to landfill Australia 2017, by material category

Published by L. Granwal, Apr 2, 2022
This statistic shows the volume of waste sent to landfill in Australia in financial year 2017, broken down by material category. The material category with the most volume sent to landfill in 2017 were organics, which was estimated to be about 6,710 thousand metric tons. Followed by masonry materials and hazardous materials, with 4,871 and 3,731 thousand metric tons respectively.

Volume of waste sent to landfill from Australia in 2017, by material category (in 1,000 metric tons)

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Release date

November 2018

Region

Australia

Survey time period

FY 2017

Special properties

Australia's financial year runs from July of one year to June of the following year; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017

Supplementary notes

*Excluding tires.

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