Waste Collection Lookup
An API provided by City of York Council (CYC) for retrieving household refuse and recycling collection dates using a UPRN (Unique Property Reference Number). It underpins the council's online bin collection lookup tool, which allows residents to check collection schedules by postcode, and exposes the same data programmatically alongside API documentation. Coverage is limited to properties within the City of York local authority area in England.Link to CYC's online application to find out refuse and recycling collections dates by postcode. Also includes the public API and API documentation for retrieving collection data by UPRN.
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Data access
A CKAN-hosted dataset whose resources are file downloads rather than a queryable DataStore, so no column schema could be read automatically. The dataset page lists the downloadable distributions.
Verification Status
Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- https://waste-api.york.gov.uk/api/Collections/GetBinCollectionDataForUprn/{uprn}
License
- ✓ Redistributable
- ✓ Attribution required
Query examples
curl -s 'https://data.gov.uk/api/3/action/package_show?id=waste-collection-lookup' -H 'Accept: application/json'Full CKAN dataset record: resources, licence, organization, freshness.
Dataset
Volume & freshness
License
No license declared upstream.
Source: ckan
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