The python scripts in this repository will allow you to download solid waste data from CalRecycle's DRS and RDRS databases. While these databases contain a lot of information, it is spread out among many different web pages and requires many downloads (in some cases you need to download a separate excel file for each county!). These scripts simplify that proccess and allow you to parse the data in an efficent manner.
- Exported waste by county
- NOT broken up by waste type
- Script to download here
- Origin data for each facilities
- NOT broken up by waste type (but you can extrapolate this w/ waste characterization studies)
- Script to download here
These scripts were created after consultation with CalRecycle employees. For more information, on all the available datasets for solid waste data and disclaimers about this data, see this Google folder.
These scripts are created for a project (funded by the Energy Justice Network) that seeks to combine available solid waste data (often obtained from state agencies through open records requests) into a single database. More information about the national waste flow database will be updated soon. Be sure to check out a Python script to download GA solid waste here.
For more information, contact leel [at] duck.com