Victorian Recycling Industries Annual Survey 2013-14
Glass waste recovery in Victoria 2013-14
The Victorian Recycling Industries Annual Survey 2013-14 was conducted between September 2014 and
January 2015 and sought data from sixty eight (68) Victorian reprocessors, excluding fifty four (54) plastic
reprocessors surveyed as part of the 2013-14 National Plastics Recycling Survey. A total of sixty two (62)
reprocessors responded, estimated between them to account for more than 95% by weight of all material
recovered in Victoria.
For more information or to download a copy of the Victorian Recycling Industries Annual Survey 2013-14
report, please refer to the Sustainability Victoria website www.sustainability.vic.gov.au
The information presented is an extract of the Glass waste recovery figures from the report.
Recovery and trends
The amount of Glass recovered for reprocessing in Victoria in 2013-14 was very similar to the previous year. Glass
recovery totalled 164,000 tonnes, a decrease of 2% (or 2,600 tonnes).
Mixed glass waste accounted for 91% of the total material recovered (Figure 30) and increased by five percentage
points to 149,000 tonnes, while recovery of Sheet / laminated glass decreased by the same proportion to 15,000
tonnes
Composition of glass recovered for reprocessing (by weight), Victoria 2013-14
Sheet /
laminated
glass
9%
Mixed glass
waste
91%
Glass recovered for reprocessing, Victoria 2004-05 to 2013-14
Victorian Recycling Industries Annual Survey 2013-14
250
Tonnes ('000)
200
150
100
50
2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Sources of recyclables
Both the ‘Municipal’ and ‘Commercial & Industrial’ sectors contribution to the glass received for reprocessing during
2013-14 diminished by three and six percentage points to 66% and 23% respectively. Their share was taken by the
‘Construction & Demolition’ sector, which increased by nine percentage points to 11%.
Source sectors of glass received for reprocessing (by weight), Victoria 2013-14
Commercial &
Industrial
23%
Municipal
66%
Construction &
Demolition
11%
Glass waste material recovered in Victoria for reprocessing over the past 10 years, Victoria 2004-05 to 2013-14
Glass
containers
Sheet /
laminated
glass
Mixed
glass waste
Total glass
waste
recovered
Tonnes (‘000)
2004-05
83
20
-
103
2005-06
143
25
-
168
2006-07
188
14
-
202
2007-08
42
11
120
174
2008-09
38
19
128
186
2009-10
<1
19
137
156
2010-11
-
18
176
196
2011-12
-
17
178
195
2012-13
-
24
143
167
2013-14
-
14
150
164