BetaBetaDataset
To provide data on the amount of hazardous waste generated in tonnes in various countries.
It covers the period of 2000 to 2019. This dataset is part of the Global SDG Indicator database compiled through the UN System in preparation for the Secretary-General's annual report on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
This dataset contains the amount of hazardous waste generated in tonnes by different countries. Data also entails the sustainable development goal code, goal label, description, target code, target description, global locations, geographic area name and code, parent geographic area name, geographic area type, earliest and latest years, available years, among other attributes.
Data was collected through waste monitoring, records from municipal governments, other agencies and supplemented by satellite images.