AWARENESS OF, AND REASONS FOR NOT USING, HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES IN LOCAL AREA
Awareness of hazardous waste disposal services in the local area has increased across Australia from 2006, when 32% of households were aware, to 40% in 2009. The largest increases occurred in the Northern Territory, where awareness rose from 27% to 43%, and Queensland (32% to 46%). The most common reason reported for not using the facilities by households that were aware of but had not used waste disposal services was that they had not generated enough material to warrant the use of the facilities (67%). Households were generally not put off by the cost of disposal as only 3% of households reported this as a reason (table 2.13 and 2.14 and ABS 2006).
AWARENESS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES, by state/territory
- 2006 and 2009
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