1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2007
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/09/2002
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At March 2002, waste was disposed of at approximately 40 refuse disposal sites around Tasmania. Previously the State had more than 150 'tips', as they were then known, but increasingly stringent environmental expectations and associated financial constraints have resulted in many landfills being closed.
Further information can be found on the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment web site at http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/CDAT-57Z5RY?open The total waste volume for both domestic and industrial sources in Tasmania at 1996 was approximately 38 million cubic metres per year. This was made up of:
(Source: State of the Environment, Tasmania, Vol 1, 1996.)
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