Table 1
Organic waste diversion, 2000 to 2004

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  Total diversion Organic waste diversion Proportion of organics in total diversion
tonnes percent
2000 6,138,536 979,787 16
2002 6,641,547 1,310,790 20
2004 7,864,647 1,669,145 21
Note: Covers only those companies and local waste management organizations that reported they prepared non-hazardous material for recycling. Does not include materials managed on-site, or those materials transported by the generator directly to secondary processors such as pulp and paper mills while bypassing entirely any firm or local government involved in waste management activities.
Source: Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Waste Management Industry Survey: Business and Government Sectors, 2000, 2002 and 2004.