British Columbia Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Rates by Regional District, 1990-2023

BC Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Rates contains estimates of the per-capita amount, in kilograms, of municipal solid waste disposed of in British Columbia, by regional district, from 1990 to 2023. The data were collected by the Ministry of Environment and the BC Climate Action Secretariat from regional districts, with some estimates provided by ministry staff. The dataset is published by the Government of British Columbia.

Use Cases

• Analyzing regional waste disposal trends over time based on the 1990-2023 time series.
• Comparing per-capita waste generation across regional districts based on the regional district breakdown.
• Evaluating the impact of waste management policies based on the long-term historical data.
• Correlating waste disposal rates with population estimates based on the per-capita metric.

Strengths

• Data spans 34 years from 1990 to 2023.
• Provides per-capita waste disposal estimates for regional districts.
• Sources include direct submissions from regional districts and BC Stats population estimates.

Limitations

• Differences in methodologies over time and among Regional Districts make direct comparisons difficult.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Collection Method

Data collected from regional districts by the Ministry of Environment and BC Climate Action Secretariat.

Time Range

1990 to 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:36:41.348300; freshness should be verified.

Geography

British Columbia, by regional district