Waste Management Industry Survey: Government Sector

Source of waste for disposal of economy, weight

Source of waste for disposal refers to whether waste came from the residential or non-residential stream. 'Waste for disposal' refers to non-hazardous waste disposal in public and private waste disposal facilities, includes waste that is exported out of the source province or out of the country for disposal. This does not include waste disposal in hazardous waste disposal facilities or waste managed by the waste generator on site.

Economy refers to the entire set of resident institutional units. It is divided into sectors that consists of groups of resident institutional units. An institutional unit is resident in a country when it has a centre of economic interest in the economic territory of that country. It is said to have a centre of economic interest when there exists some location - dwelling, place of production or other premises - within the economic territory on, or from, which it engages, and intends to continue to engage, in economic activities and transactions on a significant scale either indefinitely or over a finite period of time.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

  • Tons
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