Hazardous Waste Public Information from the Government of Ontario contains spatial data on generators, carriers, and receivers of hazardous and liquid industrial waste. The dataset includes volumes and characterizations of waste as defined by the General Waste Management Regulation 347. Data is available by individual years.
Use Cases
- Map waste generator locations based on spatial information
- Analyze waste volumes transported annually
- Track compliance with Regulation 347 based on waste characterizations
- Identify waste receiver facilities for supply chain analysis
Strengths
- Data is defined by the General Waste Management Regulation 347, providing a legal framework
- Contains spatial information, enabling geographic analysis
- Available by individual years, allowing for temporal tracking
Limitations
- 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 Ontario
- Time Range
- Data is available by individual years
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:40:42.930556
- Geography
- Ontario