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Swanepoel, H
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dc.contributor.author |
Oelofse, Suzanna HH
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dc.contributor.author |
Schubert, M
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dc.contributor.author |
Sehaswana, D
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dc.date.accessioned |
2013-01-28T08:12:57Z |
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dc.date.available |
2013-01-28T08:12:57Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2012-10 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Swanepoel, H., Oelofse, S.H.H., Schubert, M. and Sehaswana, D. 2012. Wrestling with data: Establishing a national waste information baseline for South Africa. Wastecon 2012, East London International Convention Centre, East London, 9-12 October 2012 |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
978-1-920017-57-6 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6454
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dc.description |
Wastecon 2012, East London International Convention Centre, East London, 9-12 October 2012 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Developing a waste information baseline for South Africa, without doing primary data collection, proved to be an enormous task. The project team had to ensure that all available data, whether being reported or not, were collected. This process involved contacting custodians of data and reports, meeting with relevant people and extracting data from a host of different sources. Sourcing waste data in South Africa proved to be a difficult task due to the relative unavailability of documents specifically IWMPs. The perseverance of the project team sourcing reports, reviewing close to 500 documents and furthermore making sense of the data collected, is noteworthy. A total number of 2 358 general waste data points and 810 hazardous waste data points spread over the period 1990 to 2011 were captured. This paper reports on some of the challenges experienced during the data collection and interpretation phase as well as the sources and quality of data collected. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Institute of Waste Management Southern Africa (IWMSA) |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Workflow;10082 |
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dc.subject |
South African waste information |
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dc.subject |
Waste data collection |
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dc.subject |
National environmental management |
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dc.title |
Wrestling with data: Establishing a national waste information baseline for South Africa |
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dc.type |
Conference Presentation |
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dc.identifier.apacitation |
Swanepoel, H., Oelofse, S. H., Schubert, M., & Sehaswana, D. (2012). Wrestling with data: Establishing a national waste information baseline for South Africa. Institute of Waste Management Southern Africa (IWMSA). http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6454 |
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dc.identifier.chicagocitation |
Swanepoel, H, Suzanna HH Oelofse, M Schubert, and D Sehaswana. "Wrestling with data: Establishing a national waste information baseline for South Africa." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6454 |
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitation |
Swanepoel H, Oelofse SH, Schubert M, Sehaswana D, Wrestling with data: Establishing a national waste information baseline for South Africa; Institute of Waste Management Southern Africa (IWMSA); 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6454 . |
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dc.identifier.ris |
TY - Conference Presentation
AU - Swanepoel, H
AU - Oelofse, Suzanna HH
AU - Schubert, M
AU - Sehaswana, D
AB - Developing a waste information baseline for South Africa, without doing primary data collection, proved to be an enormous task. The project team had to ensure that all available data, whether being reported or not, were collected. This process involved contacting custodians of data and reports, meeting with relevant people and extracting data from a host of different sources. Sourcing waste data in South Africa proved to be a difficult task due to the relative unavailability of documents specifically IWMPs. The perseverance of the project team sourcing reports, reviewing close to 500 documents and furthermore making sense of the data collected, is noteworthy. A total number of 2 358 general waste data points and 810 hazardous waste data points spread over the period 1990 to 2011 were captured. This paper reports on some of the challenges experienced during the data collection and interpretation phase as well as the sources and quality of data collected.
DA - 2012-10
DB - ResearchSpace
DP - CSIR
KW - South African waste information
KW - Waste data collection
KW - National environmental management
LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za
PY - 2012
SM - 978-1-920017-57-6
T1 - Wrestling with data: Establishing a national waste information baseline for South Africa
TI - Wrestling with data: Establishing a national waste information baseline for South Africa
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6454
ER -
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