WikiWaste:About
About
Wiki Waste Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee and has been formed to be on a not for profit basis with the objective of sharing knowledge and information on the UK waste market. It has been created and is currently supported by Monksleigh Limited, a UK based waste management consultancy.
WikiWaste is currently in a beta form in November 2019 and has been populated initially by Monksleigh with Waste Collection Authority and Waste Disposal Authority data along with definitions and information form the public doman and from Monksleigh’s databases. It is the intention to move towards adding data progressively via Monksleigh and those that have signed up to become editors of WikiWaste with the objective of providing a consolidating platform/library of information freely available to all.
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 WikiWaste 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 for Wiki Waste Limited, adding content and further functionality as users make suggestions and further ideas are developed, and will provide retain overall administration in the near future, 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 Limited 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 WasteDataFlow 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 recyclate.
- 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.
- For Collection Arrangements Q04, Q05, Q06
- For Chargeable or not, WRAP LA Data (put in link)