Package 'wasteskipsblantyre'

Title: Locations of Public Waste Skips in Blantyre, Malawi
Description: An R data package containing the locations of public waste skips in Blantyre, Malawi, updated in 2023, with the number of skips, vehicle access and the fill-up times reported at each location, and the points of interest for their collection (depot, dump site, compost site and gas stations).
Authors: Mabvuto Yesaya [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3234-9699>), Limbani Msuku [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9291-8462>), Lars Schöbitz [ctb, cre] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2196-5015>), Elizabeth Tilley [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-9724>), Mian Zhong [ctb] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4546-7214>), Sebastian Camilo Loos [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-1734>), Nicolas Seemann-Ricard [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0945-7475>)
Maintainer: Lars Schöbitz <[email protected]>
License: CC BY 4.0
Version: 0.1.0
Built: 2026-09-24 10:18:26 UTC
Source: https://github.com/openwashdata/wasteskipsblantyre

Help Index


poi: Points of interest for waste collection in Blantyre, Malawi

Description

Points of interest for the collection of waste from the public skips in Blantyre, Malawi: the depot, the Mzedi dump site, the compost site and two gas stations.

Usage

poi

Format

A tibble with 5 rows and 3 variables:

poi

Point of interest.

lat

Y (latitude) coordinate in WGS 84.

long

X (longitude) coordinate in WGS 84.


skips: Public waste skip locations in Blantyre, Malawi

Description

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.