In financial year 2019, approximately 394 thousand metric tons of plastics were recycled across Australia. This was higher than the previous year in which the volume of recycled plastic amounted to 320 thousand metric tons.
Volume of plastics recycled in Australia from financial year 2010 to 2019
(in 1,000 metric tons)
Values have been rounded.
Australia's financial years run from July to June of the following year. For example, FY 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.
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Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia). (March 12, 2020). Volume of plastics recycled in Australia from financial year 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/881489/australia-volume-of-plastic-recycled/
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia). "Volume of plastics recycled in Australia from financial year 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. March 12, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881489/australia-volume-of-plastic-recycled/
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia). (2020). Volume of plastics recycled in Australia from financial year 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881489/australia-volume-of-plastic-recycled/
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia). "Volume of Plastics Recycled in Australia from Financial Year 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/881489/australia-volume-of-plastic-recycled/
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia), Volume of plastics recycled in Australia from financial year 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/881489/australia-volume-of-plastic-recycled/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Volume of plastics recycled in Australia from financial year 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (Australia), March 12, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/881489/australia-volume-of-plastic-recycled/
