Seattle Residential Solid Waste Daily Tonnage and Trip Data

SPU Solid Waste Tons and Trips provides daily collection tonnages from the residential sector collected by contracted haulers. The dataset includes a full accounting of residential garbage, recycling, and organics curbside collections, published by the City of Seattle. Data was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Forecast residential waste generation trends based on daily tonnage data.
• Analyze the composition of residential waste streams based on garbage, recycling, and organics categories.
• Optimize collection route efficiency based on trip data implied by the dataset title.
• Model the impact of waste diversion programs on recycling and organics tonnage.

Strengths

• Data provides a full accounting of three residential waste streams: garbage, recycling, and organics.
• Dataset is updated daily, offering high temporal granularity for time-series analysis.
• Published by the authoritative City of Seattle organization.

Limitations

• Commercial, self-haul, and construction & demolition waste streams are explicitly excluded.
• Data from private transfer stations is not included, limiting coverage.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

City of Seattle

Collection Method

Daily collection tonnages from the residential sector collected by contracted haulers.

Time Range

Daily data; specific start date is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:31:45.485855; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Seattle, Washington, USA.