Wikiwaste:About

About

Wiki Waste is currently in a beta form in September 2019 and has been populated initially by Monksleigh with local authority collection contract data. It is the intention to rapidly move towards adding corresponding disposal and treatment data with the objective of providing a consolidating platform/library of information.

Local Authorities will be able to edit and in turn use Wiki Waste for Freedom of Information requests and comparisons with other local authorities.

Businesses will be able to understand what types of arrangements are in place without the need for multiple Freedom of Information requests and other users will be able to understand the market in an accessible and open way.

It is intended that Wiki Waste will be available to all at no cost, written collaboratory for no pay by authorised editors based upon facts and not opinion, but with anyone free to use the facts to form and publish their own views and opinions elsewhere.

Monksleigh will update and add to the website itself, adding content and further functionality as users make suggestions and further ideas are developed, and will retain overall administration with the objective of the editorial community ultimately taking control of the content itself, and the site ultimately broadening into a wide-ranging library that everyone can use to better understand the waste market in the UK.

Wiki Waste is not for profit and any donations received will go back into the running of the site and development of further content – Wiki Waste should never be accused of a bias that might be created from advertising or subscription. It is hoped that donations will eventually exceed the requirements of operation and development, and at that point it is intended to distribute excess funds to WasteAid.

Types of User

It is also intended that for those that wish to comment or make observations on the data, but do not have editorial control, they will be able to sign up and make such observations in the discussion page, therefore the types of user are:

• Full editorial (applied for and approved by the administrator)
• Editorial comment (free to for all to sign up and use)
• Free to use and read all content for all with no sign up requirements

Where does the data come from?

Local Authority Collected Waste numbers are taken from WasteData Flow Questions that are answered by the Local Authorities themselves. These questions are:

• For the Recycling information Q10 (Tonnes of material collected through kerbside schemes from household sources by LA or its contractors) from the question only the 'Tonnage collected for recycling' is used to show the kerbside collected recylate.
• For the Collected Waste Q23 - Please provide details of other waste collected for disposal. (The destination of the residual is required for authorities in Wales only.) from the question the 'Collected household waste : Regular Collection Tonnage' is used to show the kerbside collected residual.