Commercial and industrial waste recovered or recycled
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Key finding
The 1.069 million tonnes of commercial and industrial waste recovered or recycled in 2014-2015 was a decrease of about 241,000 tonnes on the amount reported in 2013-2014.
Waste regions (information applies statewide, map locations are for reference only)
Commercial and industrial waste is produced by business and commerce and includes waste from schools, restaurants, offices, retail and wholesale businesses, and manufacturing industries.
Excluding green waste, the amount of commercial and industrial waste recovered since 2011-2012 has averaged about 1,021,000 tonnes per year. The gap in the long-term trend graph is due to incomplete data in 2010-2011 (when waste reporting was voluntary).
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Indicator: Tonnage of solid waste recovered or recycled
Commercial and industrial waste recovered from 2007-2008 to 2014-2015. This includes materials recovered by local governments, private landfills, recyclers and organic processors. Regional groupings are combinations of local government areas.