Government and Municipalities of Québec provide a list of categories for recyclable, organic, and garbage materials accepted and prohibited for collection. The dataset is available in XML, CSV, and JSON formats and was last updated on April 17, 2026. It is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
Use Cases
- Validate municipal recycling program compliance based on accepted material categories.
- Analyze waste stream composition and diversion rates based on material category lists.
- Develop public education materials for residents based on prohibited items lists.
- Compare waste collection policies across different municipalities based on the provided categories.
Strengths
- Licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse.
- Available in three common data formats: XML, CSV, and JSON.
- Last updated date is explicitly provided: 2026-04-17.
Limitations
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:50:24.928712; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Québec, Canada