DSNY Waste Characterization 2017 - Main Sort Results
The Department conducted the 2017 NYC Residential, School, and NYCHA (NYC Housing Authority) Waste Characterization Study over three seasons: spring, summer, and fall. This study builds on decades of research and analysis into the evolving composition of NYC's waste stream. The study team hand sorted samples into 70 main sort categories. Results are presented in absolute terms as the quantity by weight of each material type. The quantity of each material is calculated by applying the percent composition to the total quantity of DSNY collections for fiscal year 2017 (July 2016-June 2017).
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- Says it updates
- As needed
- Actually updates about every
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- Publisher last updated the data
- May 22, 2019
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- We last synced
- May 22, 2019, 2:45 PM
- Rows in our copy
- 560
- Rows at the source
- 560
- Our copy trails the source by
- under a minute
Columns
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0 of 9 columns carry a concept; 9 carry a description from the publisher. Read the concept column before you join. A column with no concept carries no claim from us, and a name that looks like a key is not one.
| Source field | Display name | What the publisher says it is | Concept | Source type | Stored as | Stored type | Row identifier | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
dsny_diversion_summary | DSNY Diversion Summary Category | Groupings of material categories based on how the material is collected and diverted, according to DSNY designations. | Not bound | Text | dsny_diversion_summary | text | — | |
material | Material | The classification of all materials in the waste stream into categories for sorting, weighing, and counting purposes. | Not bound | Text | material | text | — | |
mgp_percent | MGP Percent | Percentage of a material in the metal, glass, and plastic stream. | Not bound | Number | mgp_percent | numeric | — | |
material_group | Material Group | Groupings of material categories used to simplify or generalize results. | Not bound | Text | material_group | text | — | |
refuse_percent | Refuse Percent | Percentage of a material in the refuse stream. | Not bound | Number | refuse_percent | numeric | — | |
loacation | Location | Geographic indicator of a material's percentage to each waste stream. Location also includes a distinction for materials collected in schools and NYCHA citywide. | Not bound | Text | loacation | text | — | |
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Source and attribution
Where this data comes from, which version we hold, and what we changed.
- Source
- https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/k3ks-jzek
- Version
- Content hash:
9ddd0fc866b336ad557c1a70952f2effcabc2e70defcc8f8138464545c444c95 - What we changed
- We did not change the data. We stored it as published.
- Publisher
- codenownyc
- We retrieved it
- May 22, 2019, 2:45 PM
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| Started | Kind | Result | Rows written | Produced by |
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| Aug 25, 2026, 10:05 PM | full_replace | success | 560 | codenow-nycmesh-container-oci.jfrog.io/codenow/citytap-pull:0.1.72 |