Countywide Waste by Origin 1995 - 2013

Data about the weight of waste by city, town, and unincorporated areas of San Mateo County by where the waste originated. Origin means the jurisdiction where the waste was produced. ADC means CalRecycle-approved materials other than soil used as a temporary overlay on an exposed landfill face.

ADC is measured in tons. CalRecycle-approved materials other than soil used as a temporary overlay on an exposed landfill face. Generally, these materials must be processed so that they do not allow gaps in the face surface, which would provide breeding grounds for insects and vermin. Public Resources Code section 41781.3 stipulates this practice is recycling, not disposal, and authorizes CalRecycle to adopt regulations, such as Title 27 California Code of Regulations, section 20690. Approved materials include processed green materials, sludge, ash and kiln residue, compost, construction and demolition debris, and special foams and fabrics. Also see Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) Advisory #48.

DRS web reports are based upon information reported by permitted facility operators and compiled by County/Regional Agency disposal reporting coordinators. The data is checked for accuracy then released in yearly increments. Only finalized data are shown in these reports.

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"datahub-smcgov/countywide-waste-by-origin-1995-2013-rjea-7x8a\".\"countywide_waste_by_origin_1995_2013\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.