Waste and recycling collection dates

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Dear Dudley Council,

Please provide the following data, under FOI:

1) Waste and recycling dates for all properties, organised by address and postcode. I request that all data is provided in CSV or Excel format, ideally with separate columns for the different parts of the address. A link to a web service does not meet my requirements: I need the source data. Please include the UPRN for each property if held. This is now permitted by the AddressBase licence. See https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/about/n... for details.
For an example of a suitable spreadsheet, see here, though variants are acceptable if they contain the requested data. Separate spreadsheets for each waste or recycling type are also fine: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...

2) For collections that are not weekly, please provide details of how to work out which week a collection will be. For example, if a "Week A/week B" system is used, then please provide an example of a date in week A and a date in week B. For example "2nd January 2017 was in Week A"

3) Details of all exceptions to regular schedules for bank holidays etc. Please provide this for all future dates in 2017 and 2018. For example, see this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...

3) Details of any planned changes to these schedules.

Yours faithfully,

Matt Kane

Dudley Triggers, Dudley Council

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Description : Waste and recycling collection dates

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RFI 15583 19 July 2017 01384 817851   Sharron Andrews

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mr Matt Kane
 
 
Dear Mr Kane,
 
Freedom Of Information Act 2000 - Information Request 15583
 
Your request for information received on 12/07/2017 has now been
considered.
 
Your request and our response
 
1) Waste and recycling dates for all properties, organised by address and
postcode. I request that all data is provided in CSV or Excel format,
ideally with separate columns for the different parts of the address. A
link to a web service does not meet my requirements: I need the source
data. Please include the UPRN for each property if held. This is now
permitted by the AddressBase licence. See
[2]https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/about/n...
for details.
For an example of a suitable spreadsheet, see here, though variants are
acceptable if they contain the requested data. Separate spreadsheets for
each waste or recycling type are also fine:
[3]https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...
 
 
Please find information attached.

2) For collections that are not weekly, please provide details of how to
work out which week a collection will be. For example, if a "Week A/week
B" system is used, then please provide an example of a date in week A and
a date in week B. For example "2nd January 2017 was in Week A"
 
Please find information attached

3) Details of all exceptions to regular schedules for bank holidays etc.
Please provide this for all future dates in 2017 and 2018. For example,
see this spreadsheet:
[4]https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...
 
Please see response below to Q4

4) Details of any planned changes to these schedules.
 
With regards to Q3 and Q4, our services operate as normal on bank holidays
with the exception of Christmas and New Year. These day changes are agreed
on a year by year basis and the subsequent changes are made public towards
the end of the year.
 
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permission.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
 
 
Sharron Andrews
Information Governance Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Hi Sharron,
That's perfect. Thanks for your help.

Matt