The domestic waste and recycling dashboard allows you to view information about the tonnes of waste collected and recovered by local governments in 2019–20 alongside trends in domestic waste collection and service provision since 2014–15.
The data can be filtered by local government, regions and waste service type.
Instructions
Local government dashboard
Tonnes collected, recovered and the recovery rate in 2019–20, as well as trends in tonnes collected, are shown for your filtered selection.
Filter the report by one or more local governments. Clear your selections using the eraser icon in the top right-hand corner of the list of local governments.
The report can also be filtered more broadly by regional areas using the green boxes under “Select region”. You can apply multiple regional selections by holding down your Ctrl key when applying your filters. Remove filters by selecting the filter again.
Services
The tonnes of domestic waste collected and the number of local governments offering the selected waste collection service is displayed.
Filter the report by one or more waste collection service. Clear your selections by selecting the service again.
The report can also be filtered by regional areas using the green boxes under “Select region”. You can apply multiple regional selections by holding down your Ctrl key when applying your filters. Remove filters by selecting the filter again.
See a quick guide to the interactive dashboard here:
Data sources
The 2019–20 material recovery data was predominantly obtained from annual returns lodged by liable persons to the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation under regulation 18C of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008.
Details about other data sources can be obtained from the Waste and recycling in Western Australia 2019–20 report.