Daily Organic Waste Collection at Degraves Street Facility 2016

Records daily organic waste amounts in kilograms collected at the Degraves Street Recycling Facility throughout 2016. The dataset is provided by City of Melbourne Open Data and includes daily measurements for the year.

Use Cases

• Analyze daily waste collection patterns and seasonal trends using the daily kilogram measurements
• Model waste generation forecasts based on time-series data of organic waste amounts
• Calculate total annual organic waste diversion for the Degraves Street facility from the 2016 daily records

Strengths

• Provides daily granularity for waste tracking throughout 2016
• Data is sourced from a specific municipal recycling facility (Degraves Street)
• Released under a permissive CC-BY license for reuse

Limitations

• Contains only one year of data (2016), limiting longitudinal analysis
• Lacks metadata on collection methods or definitions for 'organic waste'
• No information on data completeness or potential missing days

Provenance

Source

City of Melbourne Open Data

Collection Method

Operational records from the Degraves Street Recycling Facility

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, though the underlying data covers 2016.

Geography

Degraves Street Recycling Facility, Melbourne, Australia