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)
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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 May 09, 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 May 09, 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: May 09, 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 May 09, 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/