16 Major Sources of Rubbish Analysis of Each Category
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GLASS
24,653
MISCELLANEOUS
9,891
Glass Pieces
20000
4,842
Soft Drink
15000
1,313
126 Batteries
131 E-Waste
149 Furniture
186 Shopping Trolleys
284 Syringes
339 Ceramics
388 Carpet
401 Car/Machinery Parts
1,032 Food Scraps
Clothing
2,011 Other - Unidentified
Cigarette Butts
5000
1,448
Fruit Juice
10000
0
13,788
Alcoholic Beverage
794
Food Jars
133
Unidentified Items
50
Light Globes 0
Unidentified objects took our second spot in 2012 [2011 items], followed by clothing [1448 items] and food scraps [1032 items].
31,148
It was also good to see a marginal decrease in syringes within surveys in 2012, [down 17 from 2011]. 31,148 miscellaneous items were recorded in 2012 surveys.
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In 2012, glass accounted for 13% of surveyed items, down 1% from 2011. While encouraging, glass counts are still higher than 2010 when they hit their lowest level.
Cigarette butts continue to dominate the miscellaneous category – representing 90% of the rubbish removed in 2012.
miscellaneous items were recorded in 2012 surveys
4000
SERIES 1
SERIES 1
The good news is that e-waste items decreased in 2012, surveys reporting 131 items, versus 254 in 2011 and 162 in 2010. Credit for this decrease belongs to local government campaigns to encourage return of e-waste through free drop-off centres.
2000
65% of glass surveyed was beverage packaging [alcohol, soft drink, and fruit juice]. Broken glass accounted for 32% of rubbish reported.
65%
of glass surveyed was beverage packaging
Volunteers counted 30,851 glass items in their 2012 Rubbish Surveys.