Zero Waste in U.S. Cities

The dataset contains data about the 132 U.S. Cities that signed the Cities Race to Zero pledge in 2024. It codes the following for each city: its publicly listed waste diversion rate, the year of that rate, its state, 2022 population, 2022 per capita income, ACEEE score, whether the state has a beverage bill, whether the state has a food waste diversion law, presence of an accredited university, strength of its zero waste plan, strength of its zero waste goals, the type of zero waste related staff person the city has, whether the city is a signatory to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, whether the city is a member of C40, and whether the city is a member of ICLEI.