Municipal Waste Container Locations and Collection Schedules for Groningen

A dataset from the Municipality of Groningen detailing the locations and types of public waste containers and their collection schedules. The data powers the official 'Afvalwijzer' app and website, which includes a searchable waste product directory. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations via the EU Open Data platform.

Use Cases

• Optimizing waste collection routes based on container locations and emptying cycles mentioned in the description.
• Mapping public recycling infrastructure (glass, paper, textile containers) for urban planning.
• Building a waste classification assistant based on the 'WasteABC' search feature described.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of special collection services like the chemo cart.

Strengths

• Data is integrated with a live public service application (Afvalwijzer/Afvalapp), suggesting operational relevance.
• Includes multiple data facets: location, container type, collection cycle, and special collection events.
• Covers a specific, defined geographic area (Municipality of Groningen).

Limitations

• Row count, file formats, and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to being sourced from a single municipality.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely collected and maintained by municipal services for public information.

Time Range

null

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Municipality of Groningen, Netherlands