Municipal Solid Waste Tonnage by Colombian Municipality, 2010-2024

January 2010 to October 2024 records of solid waste tonnage disposed in a sanitary landfill, disaggregated by municipality, month, and year. The data is provided by www.datos.gov.co and covers 58 micro collection routes. It was last updated on the platform in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal waste generation trends using the MES and AÑO columns.
• Compare waste disposal volumes across different MUNICIPIOS.
• Calculate total annual waste tonnage for a region by aggregating the Peso (Ton) Registro Báscula column by AÑO.
• Identify municipalities with the highest waste output by joining MUNICIPIOS with Peso (Ton) Registro Báscula.

Strengths

• Covers a long time range from January 2010 to October 2024.
• Data is disaggregated by 58 micro-routes and multiple municipalities.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and XML.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Time Range

January 2010 to October 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:35:54; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, specific municipalities