Our Waste Data

City of Belmont waste data

The City of Belmont is committed to helping create a more sustainable future and encourages all residents, businesses and visitors to reduce, reuse, recycle and recover to minimise waste.
 
The City’s waste collection processes include bulk bins, disposal days and regular kerbside bin collections. This waste is then recycled, recovered or diverted to landfill. In the tables below, you can find the latest figures on how the City’s waste is being managed. This data is updated every three months.

Waste generation and resource recovery 2023/2024

Item (tonnes)	Jul	Aug	Sep
Material collected	1623	1763	1683
Resource recovered	309	330	309
Recovery Target 67% by 2025 (per month)	1087	1181	1128
Recovery rate (%)	19	19	18

Waste services data 2023/2024

Item (tonnes)	Jul	Aug	Sep
Kerbside waste to landfill	1100	1251	1196
Kerbside recycling collected	217	229	226
Materials recovered	167	187	181
Residual waste to landfill	50	41	45
Bulk bins delivered - blue	960	881	866
Material collected	229	197	192
Residual waste to landfill	164	141	134
Material recovered	65	56	58
Bulk bins delivered - green	323	399	334
Material recovered	77	87	70
Total material to landfill	1314	1433	1375

Bulk waste recovery 2023/2024

Item (tonnes)	Jul	Aug	Sep
Mixed metal ferrous	15.05	13.28	12.82
Untreated timber	9.02	7.17	7.00
Paper and cardboard	5.59	4.33	5.00
Fines (sand / rubble)	35.45	31.09	32.89
Total recovered	65.11	55.88	57.71
Recovery rate (%)	28	28	30

Kerbside recycling recovery 2023/2024

Item (tonnes)	Jul	Aug	Sep
Aluminium cans	0.91	1.21	1.18
Mixed paper	47.13	743.31	42.81
Newsprint	0.00	6.84	0.57
Corrugated cardboard	52.54	62.14	61.61
Steel	6.74	6.70	6.67
Glass	46.37	53.60	54.17
Mixed plastics	6.91	6.34	6.52
Plastic - PET	2.86	2.63	3.51
Plastic - HDPE	3.66	4.62	4.41
Total recovered	167.12	187.39	181.44
Recovery rate (%)	77	82	80

Previous data

Waste Data 2020-2021
Waste Data 2021-2022
Waste Data 2022-2023