Hazardous Waste Interrogator: Movements in England and Wales

Environment Agency product AfA229 provides a high-level summary of hazardous waste movements in England and Wales. The dataset includes waste classification, geographical locations of production and management facilities, and tonnage, but excludes individual producer and site details. Data is collected as the agency is legally required to monitor all such waste movements.

Use Cases

• Tracking regional hazardous waste flows based on high-level geographical locations.
• Analyzing waste tonnage trends for specific waste classifications.
• Monitoring compliance with national hazardous waste regulations based on movement summaries.
• Assessing the distribution of waste management facilities across England and Wales.

Strengths

• Data is collected under a legal mandate, suggesting systematic coverage of hazardous waste movements in England and Wales.
• Cross-platform presence on uk_data and eu_open_data signals its importance as a reference dataset.

Limitations

• Metadata completeness is low; specific column names, row counts, and file size are unknown.
• Data is a high-level summary that excludes individual site and producer details, limiting granular analysis.
• A potential for double counting exists as the same waste may be recorded for multiple movements.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Collection Method

Legal registration and reporting by hazardous waste producers and management facilities.

Freshness

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Geography

England and Wales