A spatial dataset showing Durham County Council's Household Waste Recycling Centres There is a statutory obligation under the Environment Protection Act 1990, section 51, 1b which states that: (1) It shall be the duty of each waste disposal authority to arrange (b) for places to be provided at which persons resident in its area may deposit their household waste and for the disposal of waste so deposited. To find out more about recycling...

This data set lists a number of services carried out by officers at Leeds City Council by date and location. These include responding to litter and noise complaints, reports of lost, found and stray dogs as well as fly tipping, graffiti and dog fouling amongst others. Column heading descriptions RECEIVED: Date when the Service Request was first raised SRRECTYPE: Code for the description (below) SR TYPE DESC: Description of the Service ...

A list of one million bin day look-ups from the Leeds Bins app, from 2015-07-22 to 2019-30-10. Includes the date, output area, and ward of the property searched. During early testing there are some duplicate lookups. Internal testing ends upon app launch. Example uses of this data are at http://imactivate.com/leedsbins/ Significant dates, 2016-07-05 = app official launch day (though it was available on stores before then). Wint...

Data showing skips usage across services in the council. Information includes type of waste disposed of, quantity and weight (in tonnes). Please note This information is supplied by the contractor and in some cases may be incomplete. The 2008/9 dataset is incomplete and only covers April to December. Due to a change in supplier no data exists between April 2015 to August 2015

Confidential waste by council building, date and amount. The council is undergoing a programme of reviewing its records therefore the data may show spikes in disposal. The contract with who disposes of this data was changed in June 2013 which is why there is a difference in what data is supplied post this date. Please note Information here is that which has been supplied by the contractor Due to changes data between Jan 14 to Sept 14 i...

Two datasets to be used in conjunction with each other to provide information on waste collection dates for all households across Leeds. Automated update This dataset is updated automatically each night.

A dataset providing the number and weight of items collected under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive from council locations.  The category definition file provides a list of products that fall under each of the 10 categories. The list is not exhaustive but shows examples of the type of products included in the broader categories. Additional information This dataset will next be updated on completion of ...

A dataset providing the background, list of solutions and outcome for the waste management lab.  The lab was held on Monday 19th January 2015 and commissioned by Waste Management, Leeds City Council. Development question The goal was to develop a proof of concept after analysis of the recycling data. This could be an online education and engagement platform to encourage high levels of good quality recycling, a graphic visualisation o...

A dataset provding a comprehensive dataset outlining the quantities of some biomass resources available to Leeds City Council and the methodology used can also act as a guideline of assessment techniques suitable for other local councils to use in their own biomass assessments. Case study The aim of this study was to characterise and quantify the waste biomass resources available to Leeds City Council, calculating the annual mass avai...