The recycling dashboard allows you to view the tonnes of materials recovered in Western Australia and recovery trends.
Instructions
Material recovery
Select your material category of interest.
The tonnes of recovered materials for your filtered selection are shown in the top left-hand box.
Filter the recovered material tonnes by the reported waste stream source, source region and destination. You can apply multiple filters by holding down your Ctrl key when applying your filters. Remove filters by selecting the filter again.
Material recovery data is available in excel format:
Recovery and disposal trends
The tonnes of waste recovered, disposed and the material recovery rates are shown on this tab.
Use the green boxes to filter material recovery, disposal and recovery rates by waste stream.
Data sources
The 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 Waste and recycling in Western Australia 2020-21.