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National statistics

Figure 7 Dataset

Updated 14 April 2023
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Recycling rate	Jan-Mar 2017	April-June 2017	Jul-Sep 2017	Oct-Dec 2017	Jan-Mar 2018	April-June 2018	Jul-Sep 2018	Oct-Dec 2018	Jan-Mar 2019	April-June 2019	Jul-Sep 2019	Oct-Dec 2019	Jan-Mar 2020	April-June 2020	Jul-Sep 2020	Oct-Dec 2020	Jan-Mar 2021	April-June 2021	Jul-Sep 2021	Oct-Dec 2021	Jan-Mar 2022
Quarterly recycling rate	0.414	0.481	0.472	0.432	0.394	0.488	0.462	0.431	0.413	0.484	0.483	0.434	0.411	0.449	0.465	0.428	0.408	0.465	0.466	0.419	0.405
12 month rolling recycling rate	0.451	0.452	0.451	0.452	0.448	0.45	0.447	0.447	0.451	0.449	0.455	0.455	0.455	0.446	0.441	0.44	0.438	0.443	0.443	0.441	0.441
Dry recycling rate	0.335	0.326	0.321	0.318	0.327	0.325	0.328	0.319	0.332	0.327	0.329	0.325	0.331	0.302	0.316	0.319	0.325	0.318	0.312	0.308	0.318
Organics recycling rate	0.119	0.231	0.223	0.168	0.101	0.241	0.199	0.165	0.121	0.232	0.229	0.162	0.12	0.211	0.218	0.16	0.123	0.215	0.224	0.16	0.127