{
  "id": "waste-per-capita",
  "category": "Environment",
  "title": "Garbage sent to the regional landfill per person",
  "geography": "Capital Regional District (whole region)",
  "scope": "region",
  "levels": [
    "Households and businesses",
    "Regional (CRD solid waste plan)",
    "Municipal (collection)"
  ],
  "plain_question": "How many kilograms of garbage per resident went to the Hartland landfill in the year?",
  "value": 330,
  "display_value": "330",
  "unit": "kg per person (CRD target 250 kg)",
  "period": "Calendar year 2025",
  "period_start": "2025-01-01",
  "period_end": "2025-12-31",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "2024",
    "previous_value": 338,
    "change_percent": -2.4
  },
  "since_text": "Was 338 kg in 2024 and 400 kg in 2021. CRD target: 250 kg or less",
  "trend": "improving",
  "trend_basis": "330 kg per person in 2025, compared with 338 kg in 2024 and 400 kg in 2021. The CRD's adopted solid waste plan sets a target of 250 kg or less by the end of the plan's tenth year.",
  "direction_good": "down",
  "right_direction": "A lower number means less garbage per person went to the landfill. The target is the CRD's own adopted target.",
  "caveats": [
    "Covers the whole Capital Region, not only the City of Victoria.",
    "Material diverted to recycling or beneficial use is not counted as disposal."
  ],
  "series": [
    {
      "period": "2021",
      "value": 400
    },
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "value": 405
    },
    {
      "period": "2023",
      "value": 382
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 338
    },
    {
      "period": "2025",
      "value": 330
    }
  ],
  "refresh_frequency": "Annually (CRD progress report)",
  "source": {
    "name": "Capital Regional District, Solid Waste Management Plan progress report",
    "url": "https://www.crd.ca/",
    "dataset_url": "https://www.crd.ca/media/file/2025-solid-waste-management-plan-progress-reportpdf-0",
    "download_url": "https://www.crd.ca/media/file/2025-solid-waste-management-plan-progress-reportpdf-0"
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "Public data, not under an open licence. Used with attribution.",
    "url": "https://www.crd.ca/disclaimer",
    "open": false
  },
  "verified_text": [
    "per capita disposal rate reported in 2025 is 330 kg per capita",
    "per capita disposal rate target is 250 kg or less",
    "2021 432,062 173,899 -1,013 172,886 400",
    "2022 439,950 183,397 -5,107 178,290 405",
    "2023 455,092 179,075 -5,100 173,975 382",
    "2024 464,934 168,055 -10,866 157,189 338",
    "2025 455,283 152,447 -2,006 150,441 330"
  ],
  "data_published": null,
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11T08:23:37Z",
  "attribution": "Source: Capital Regional District, Solid Waste Management Plan progress report. Public document, used with attribution; not endorsed by the publisher.",
  "licence_type": "public"
}