Litter challenge

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A list of useful Queensland Government open datasets are tagged on data.qld.gov.au

• Fast food packaging is one of the most commonly littered items
• Litter impacts the environment and human health
• Litter is found in parks, streets, forests, waterways, beaches and oceans
• Cleaning up litter costs millions of dollars each year

What is your solution?

We suggest you consider using the following four Queensland Government open datasets on data.qld.gov.au

Locating open data

Queensland Government open data is accessible at data.qld.gov.au. Search for other government open data at data.gov.au and local government websites.

Below is a list of open datasets and resources you might like to use for this challenge.

Open datasets

1. South West Region Roadside Litter Prevention Project
2. State of the Environment 2015: main material types littered
3. State of the Environment 2015: number of litter items in Queensland
4. State of the Environment 2015: number of litter items for different site types
5. Australia State of the Environment 2016
6. Australia State of the Environment 2016 Map
7. Tangaroa Blue

Resources

1. Number of litter items in Queensland
2. Clean Up Australia Rubbish Reports
3. Keep Australia Beautiful National Litter Index
4. Littering and illegal dumping
5. Littering and illegal dumping factsheet (PDF)
6. Queensland litter and illegal dumping projects
7. South West Region Roadside Litter Prevention Project Report
8. Queensland Murray-Darling Committee launch campaign called Talking Trash
9. Campaign Gets South-West Talking Rubbish
10. Rethinking Regional Rubbish
11. Clean up Australia founder Ian Kiernan helps Queensland tackle litter
12. Eco-Schools Australia
13. Beach and Ocean Litter
14. Research reveals litter on Great Barrier Reef travels hundreds of kilometres
15. GBRMPA - At home, work and school
16. Volunteer scientists collect data and rubbish to save Great Barrier Reef
17. Reef Citizen Science
18. Reduce, reuse, recycle
19. I <3 BNE