Confidential Waste Disposal by Council Building and Date

Confidential waste disposal data, measured in kilograms, supplied by a contractor for a UK council. The dataset likely contains records by council building, date, and amount, but shows a data gap from January to September 2014 due to changes. Information provided by the Government Digital Service includes rebate data as of April 2015.

Use Cases

• Analyze confidential waste disposal trends over time based on the date and amount columns.
• Compare waste generation across different council buildings mentioned in the description.
• Assess the impact of a contractor change in June 2013 on reported disposal amounts.
• Identify spikes in disposal linked to records review programs referenced in the description.

Strengths

• Data is measured in a standard unit (kilograms).
• Includes contextual notes on data gaps and contract changes affecting the series.
• Sourced from a government platform (eu_open_data) under an open license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2018-07-02 13:26:20.161000; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Supplied by a waste disposal contractor to the council.

Time Range

Covers dates up to at least April 2015, with a gap from January to September 2014.

Freshness

Last updated 2018-07-02 13:26:20.161000

Geography

Likely covers a specific UK council area.