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Public waste skip locations in Blantyre, Malawi, from the 2023 update of the dataset. Each row is a skip location with its names, cleansing supervision area, surrounding context, vehicle access, the number of skips and the fill-up times reported by the people surveyed. The dataset replaces wasteskipsblantyre (53 skip locations collected in 2021).

Usage

skips

Format

A tibble with 67 rows and 13 variables. Rows 48 to 67 (20 rows) have no name, no location and no other values; they carry only the constant capacity value (see https://github.com/openwashdata/wasteskipsblantyre/issues/11). A further 4 named locations have no coordinates.

name

Main name of skip location.

name_other

Alternative names of skip location separated by commas.

supervision_area

Cleansing supervision area.

context

Type of urban environment surrounding skip location.

direct_access

Vehicle access path type.

fillup

Number of days to fill up according to person surveyed.

fillup_dry

Number of days to fill up in dry season according to person surveyed.

fillup_rainy

Number of days to fill up in rainy season according to person surveyed.

number_skips

Number of skips at skip location.

capacity

Capacity of one skip in litres.

y

Y (latitude) coordinate in WGS 84.

x

X (longitude) coordinate in WGS 84.

notes

Notes relating to skip location.