Save the Oceans Dataset

July 2023 Civic Difficulty 3/5 CSV · PDF 3.2 MB 37,903 rows × 62 cols 0 downloads
  • environment
  • ocean
  • cleanup
  • civic
  • geographic

37,903 ocean-cleanup event records with zone, country, group size, pounds collected, and detailed trash-category columns. Good for waste-composition analysis, participation mapping, and cleanup-effort trends.

Challenge brief

slug: 2023-07-save-the-oceans title: Save the Oceans Dataset year: 2023 month: 07 source: authored authored_at: 2026-04-19 needs_leon_review: true

Save the Oceans Dataset - Challenge Brief

Challenge period: July 2023 Dataset: Reconstructed brief based on the shipped data file for the July 2023 DataDNA challenge.

About the data

The primary data table for this challenge carries the following columns:

  • ID
  • Zone
  • State
  • Country
  • GPS_Lat
  • GPS_Long
  • Cleanup Type
  • Cleanup Date
  • Group Name
  • Adults
  • Children
  • People
  • Pounds
  • Miles
  • # of bags
  • Cigarette Butts
  • Food Wrappers (candy, chips, etc.)
  • Take Out/Away Containers (Plastic)
  • Take Out/Away Containers (Foam)
  • Bottle Caps (Plastic)
  • Bottle Caps (Metal)
  • Lids (Plastic)
  • Straws, Stirrers
  • Forks, Knives, Spoons
  • Beverage Bottles (Plastic)
  • ...and 37 more columns

Suggested analytical angles

  • Which trash categories dominate cleanups globally?
  • How do participation and pounds-collected vary across zones and cleanup types?
  • Which countries contribute the most reported cleanup effort?
  • How have debris mixes shifted over the reporting period?

What great submissions did

This brief was reconstructed from the dataset contents in 2026 as part of the Playground audit. The original July 2023 challenge brief was not preserved as a separate file in the source archive, so the analytical angles above are inferred from the column list. See the corresponding /challenges/ entry on datadna.onyxdata.co.uk for examples of how participants approached the data.

Editorial note

_This stub was authored by Claude on 2026-04-19 for Leon's review. Refine the suggested angles and confirm factual accuracy before setting brief_status = leon_reviewed in the audit log._

This dataset was the subject of the DataDNA July 2023 community challenge. The original scoring and leaderboard pre-date the current submission system and are not available for display.

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