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APPENDIX 51

(Chapter 24: The Environment)

Environmental Statistics

APPENDICES

1992

1993

1994

Average Daily Solid Waste (tonne)

Municipal solid waste*

Domestic

5 761

5 999

6.000

Commercial

460

572

600

Industrial

1 713

1 880

1.900

sub-total

7 934

8 451

8 500

Construction waste*

11 962

11 523

15 400

Special waste*

320

253

400

Recovered waste†

3 898

3 478

3 749

Total

24 114

23 705

28 049

Pollution Complaints Handled (number)

2774

3 664

3.893

Air

2376

3 121

5 761

Noise

435

563

487

Liquid

147

196

196

Solid

16

Water

18.

17

T

Miscellaneous

Total

112

175

151

5 860

7 737

10 505

Note:

* Based on CED/EPD waste intake records from Jan-Nov 94. All figures were rounded off to the nearest hundered. † Figures based on waste recovery data from January-October 1994.