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(5) As the facility receives, processes, stores and moves to market a range of material it is not possible to attribute a particular figure to the capacity of the facility. The facility processes around 50,000 to 60,000 tonnes of material per annum.

(6) There is no ‘excess material’ as such. Recycling material received at the Hume MRF is separated and baled into products and sent to various domestic markets.

(7) The total number of containers that have been recycled at the MRF from 30 June 2018 to 31 December 2018 is 15,857,550, which equates to 19% of the total recycling processed at the MRF.

(8) See Below. The figures for 2015-16 cover February to June 2016 only. Re.Group commenced running the MRF from February 2016. The data on interstate material is not available for the previous seven months.

(9) The material consists of household recycling (yellow) bin material.

The MRF does not ‘batch process’ material from different recycling bin collections, but processes material as it is delivered by collection trucks on a first-in, first-out basis. The composition of material received at the MRF is generally in the following ranges on an annual basis:

• 45-55% paper and cardboard;

• 30-35% glass;

• 1-2% PET plastic;

• 1-2% HDPE plastic;

• 1-2% mixed plastic;

• 0.5-1% aluminium;

• 0.5-1% steel;

• 10-15% contamination;

(10) Refer to response question 8.

(11) Decisions around entering into contracts to receive material from regional customers is a matter for the MRF operator, not the Territory.

(12) Refer to response to question 11.

(13) Refer to response question 11.

Homelessness—services
(Question No 2160)

Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Housing and Suburban Development, upon notice, on 15 February 2019:

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