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    Diversion Tonnage Composition

    Metadata Updated: August 25, 2025

    Purpose: This data set exists in order to provide a breakdown of quantities of different material types in the residential stream. Source: All measure data is tracked internally through the Solid Waste Tracking System (SWTS) and through third-party vendor reports. Contains: The tonnage for various load compositions or service types (e.g. curbside recycling), focusing on the amount of materials diverted from landfills by month. Usage: This data is used to establish monthly trends in the types of materials in the recycling stream. This data provides the department with a better understanding of public consumption. In addition, it helps identify types of materials that are contaminates. By identifying contaminates Austin Resource Recovery can customize public education to ensure the public is putting materials in the right cart.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. See Terms License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 25, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from City of Austin Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 25, 2025
    Publisher data.austintexas.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.austintexas.gov/api/views/em5v-nwx5
    Data First Published 2023-10-04
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-08
    Category Utilities and City Services
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.austintexas.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 9d6ab75b-888d-4af5-84e1-13270de26a8b
    Harvest Source Id 3b6df381-c8b4-40be-954e-84552dfba592
    Harvest Source Title City of Austin Data.json
    Homepage URL https://data.austintexas.gov/d/em5v-nwx5
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 60ad31a3e28be172776151f11629058fb6bce36dbfdd1a219c52bf745243decf
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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