South Australia's Kerbside Waste Performance Report 2022–23

This report presents data on kerbside waste and recycling collection services in South Australia provided by the 19 metropolitan Adelaide councils and the 49 regional councils in the 2022–23 financial year. It examines the performance and improvements in council waste management efficiency and sustainability over the past 19 years.

The focus is only on waste material collected at kerbside in bins provided specifically for residual waste (landfill), co-mingled recyclables and organics (green and/or food). Hard waste, street sweepings, Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) returns and waste collected at drop-off facilities and council-operated commercial services are excluded from this report.

All 19 metropolitan Adelaide councils offer a three-bin service that has been gradually introduced from about 2001, although some only provide an organics (green and/or food) bin on an opt-in basis. There are also some differences between councils in terms of bin ownership, full roll-out of different bins versus optional adoption, and collection frequency.

Green Industries SA is committed to working with Local Government councils to improve waste and recycling management to achieve the targets set in South Australia’s Waste Strategy 2020-25.

Reporting is based on the gross waste quantities reported in councils’ kerbside performance data and provided without further alteration. This data therefore depicts quantities that are inclusive of contamination. The complete data enables the examination and analysis of householder behaviours and bin usage, trends and patterns, as well as the relationship and dependency on geography and socioeconomic factors.