Presentation at the African Marine Waste Network Conference in July 2017, describing how to use data, including open data, to maximise the impact of waste minimisation interventions
4. Intro to PETCO
• Extended Producer Responsibility Organisation
• Minimising the impact of PET on the environment
• Founded, funded and managed by the PET Industry
12. Challenges
• General lack of investment / priority
• Lack of skills and capacity
• Funding
• Time
Because we have limited resources,
we need to make sure every intervention
has maximum impact.
18. Key Stats – all from Open Data
• Pop growth between 2011 and 2016 (1.15m to 2,26m)
– 9,5%
• Household growth 335k to 368k
– 9.8%
• Person per household density ~ 3.4p/HH
• Household Area Density growth 589 to 645 HH/m2
(56HH/m2)
• % Weekly household coll: 82.3% to 84.7%
19.
20. So much more available!
• Schools data
• Rivers
• Licensed Waste Management Facilities
• Ward-level census data
• Post office locations
• Public transport stops (bus, taxi and train)
• Municipal finances (Budget, 3 year forecast, Audited Actual etc) to
back to 2009
Very few of these were made FOR waste minimisation,
But all are USEFUL for tackling it