2007.12.07
Recycling rates didn't seem right because they weren't
When something doesn't seem right, well, sometimes that's because it's just not right.
A few days ago I made a post questioning the validity of numbers in a database we posted in the DataSphere. They showed an enormous increase in the amount of municipal waste produced in Roanoke from 2005 to 2006.
I was right to question the numbers -- they were indeed wrong -- but I should have looked to myself for the source of the error.
I'm still not sure how it occured, but it seems the data table for 2005 is garbled. The rates shown for Roanoke City are actually for Buckingham County.
We'll get it straightened out, but in the meantime, we've taken down that database. My apologies for the error and the confusion.
