This report summarises the findings of Australian Litter Measure litter surveys completed across the Perth metropolitan area during the 12 months to June 2023.
For this period, across 104,876 square metres surveyed, 17,195 items of litter were counted, with a calculated volume of 1,129 litres.
Cigarette Butts and Filters were found to be the most common item by count, while Tyres were the highest item by volume.
Plastic represented the highest material found by count (57%) and volume (28%). Industrial and Main Road sites contained the highest levels of litter observed, while Beaches had the lowest.
In this report litter data has been provided by site types and key categories to establish a basis for trend analysis under this newly developed litter count method.
This is the third full litter count conducted using this method.
The full findings of the November 22 and May 23 litter surveys are contained in this report.
