Data · dataset · 2025
Waste Composition 2025 - Garbage (Black Cart)
Listed in Open Calgary
Waste Composition studies are periodically conducted by Waste and Recycling Services to help assess the performance of diversion and education programs and inform improvements and new program design.
Description
In 2025, The City of Calgary assessed the composition of garbage disposed in residential Black Carts. The weight per cent composition is provided for a number of material categories and subcategories.
Results represent the pooled average of samples of 20-25 residences collected in 20 communities in each of the four seasons of 2025 (80 samples). The communities sampled were selected to collectively represent the range of housing types and demographics in Calgary.
Links
Get the data
- CSV data.calgary.ca/api/views/srfq-uy2x/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD ↗
download · from data calgary ca
Where it is published
- Open Calgary dataset page data.calgary.ca/Health-and-Safety/Waste-Composition-2025-Garbage-Black-Cart-/s… ↗
landing page · from data calgary ca
Catalogue records · 1
- SODA API data.calgary.ca/resource/srfq-uy2x.json ↗
metadata API · from data calgary ca
Topics
- Stated by source
- Health and Safety
- From keywords
- Medicine & Health
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Calgary | srfq-uy2x | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · data calgary ca | connector:data_calgary_ca@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · data calgary ca | connector:data_calgary_ca@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].socrata_category:data_calgary_ca:health-and-safety | source · data calgary ca | connector:data_calgary_ca@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data calgary ca | connector:data_calgary_ca@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data calgary ca | connector:data_calgary_ca@1.0.0 | /resource/description |
| publication_date | source · data calgary ca | connector:data_calgary_ca@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data calgary ca | connector:data_calgary_ca@1.0.0 | /resource/name |
| updated_date | source · data calgary ca | connector:data_calgary_ca@1.0.0 |