This dataset contains survey records on cemeteries, burial grounds, and waste disposal sites in Malawi. The information was gathered by enumerators using the mWater application with support from the World Food Programme (WFP). The primary purpose of this data collection was to map and document waste management sites and burial grounds in order to assess service coverage, evaluate environmental risks, and inform planning for safe and sustainable waste management.
Format
A tibble with 3781 rows and 29 variables
- submitted_on
Date when the record was submitted
- latitude
Latitude coordinates of the waste site
- longitude
Longitude coordinates of the waste site
- waste_active
Indicates if the waste disposal site is currently active
- type_of_wastesite
Type or category of the waste site cemetery municipal commercial industrial sludge
- site_open_year
Year the site was opened
- site_managed_local
Shows if the site is managed by local government
- site_close_year
Year the site was closed
- site_years_open
Total number of years the site was operational
- waste_state
Physical state of the waste solid or liquid
- waste_category
Category that best describes the type of waste
- pollution_evidence
Indicates if there is evidence of pollution at or near the site
- solidwaste_source
Source or origin of the solid waste
- municipal_pop_served
Population served by the municipal waste site
- municipal_ops_type
Type of operations conducted at municipal waste site
- municipal_ops_other
Other specified type of municipal waste operations
- commercial_ops_type
Type of operations conducted at commercial waste site
- industrial_ops_type
Type of operations conducted at industrial waste site
- sludge_source
Main source of sludge or mixed waste
- sludge_source_other
Other specified source of sludge or mixed waste
- sludge_ops_type
Type of operations conducted at sludge or mixed waste site
- sludge_ops_other
Other specified type of sludge or mixed waste operations
- drinking_treatment
Indicates if the site treats drinking water
- drinking_sludge_local
Shows if drinking water sludge is disposed of locally
- waste_water_treatment
Indicates if the site treats waste water
- waste_water_board_mgmt
Shows if a Water Board manages the waste water treatment plant
- waste_water_manager
Entity responsible for managing the waste water treatment plant
- waste_water_sludge_local
Shows if waste water sludge is disposed of locally
- waste_water_category
Category that best describes the waste water