These are undertaken every 2 years, the last one being in 1998. The survey was undertaken in March 2000 and covered 31,000 households Australia-wide. The latest report covers household waste management, habits of motor vehicle owners, and use of transport. Results by states as well as national figures are provided for each area covered and comparisons with earlier surveys are included. The households most likely to recycle are those with all members over 15 years, followed by couples with dependent children.
Households comprising one person are slightly less likely to recycle.
It reinforces the importance to kerbside collections and the influence of the CDL for beverage containers. The waste EPP discussion paper proposes that councils would provide a collection service in conjunction with the EPA and if implemented, this would overcome this problem. Typically the garbage collection is used for the disposal of such wastes. Many are disposed of in the weekly garbage collection, which is clearly unsatisfactory. This is being addressed in the Waste Environment Protection Policy.