ESTP_Waste Statistics The Revision of WStatR and its effects on the data collection and on the comparability of results

New WStatR Commission Regulation (EU) No. 849/2010 Adopted in September 2010 Replacement of Annexes I to III Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No. 2150/2002 Main legal text is still valid “Consolidated version” available Not legally binding but most useful for reference http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri= CONSLEG:2002R2150:20101018:EN:PDF Manual on Waste Statistics (2010 edition) Adopted to new legal basis All chapters reviewed

Main changes from r.y.2010 onwards Alignment of EWC-Stat breakdown in waste generation and treatment Changed allocation of List of Wastes codes to EWC-Stat Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown New recovery operation “backfilling” Harmonisation of reporting on landfills Redesigned reporting on waste treatment, without NUTS1 level Previous changes (since refernce year 2008) Unit: tonnes Dry matter only NACE Rev. 2

Alignment of EWC-Stat breakdown (1) Breakdown by waste categories: Annex II has the same breakdown as Annex I. Regional breakdown: The amounts of treated waste are reported on the national level only instead of NUTS 1 level. Reporting on treatment facilities remains on NUTS2 level.  The harmonised breakdown will not result in an exact balance between waste generation and waste treatment.  Breaks in time series!!

Alignment of EWC-Stat breakdown (2)

Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown (1) - Overview Aggregation of EWC-Stat categories 01.4, 02, 03.1 under the headline „Chemical wastes“ New category for „Sludges and liquid wastes from waste treatment“ Metallic wastes: Separation of ferrous and non-ferrous waste Reorganisation of the category „Animal and vegetal wastes“ Reorganisaiton of mineral waste Separate category for „Mineral waste from construction and demolition“ Separate category for „Other mineral wastes“ Separate category for „Soils“ Separate category for „Dredging spoils“ New category for “Mineral waste from waste treatment and stabilised wastes“

Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown (2) - Chemical wastes Until reference year 2008 chemical waste was split into the three categories: Spent chemical catalysts (01.4) Chemical preparation wastes (02) Chemical deposits and residues (03.1) As of reference year 2010: aggregation of EWC-Stat categories 01.4, 02 and 03.1 under the head line “Chemical waste”  would lead to an aggregation of more than 200 LoW-codes

Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown (3) - Sludges and liquid wastes from waste treatment Introduction of the category “Sludges and liquid wastes from waste treatment” (03.3) New category to be reported as of 2010; wastes were formerly included in the categories Industrial effluent sludges (03.2) Common sludges (11) Chemical preparation wastes (02)  would allow that all liquid wastes and sludges from chemical physical treatment (CPT), treatment of landfill leachate, waste oil regeneration, and liquids and digestate of anaerobic digestion of MW or animal/vegetal waste to be summarised in one category

Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown (4) – Metallic wastes Until reference year 2008 all metal wastes (ferrous, non- ferrous and mixed) were reported under one category (EWC-Stat 06) As of reference year 2010: separation of ferrous and non ferrous waste

Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown (5) – Animal and vegetal wastes Categories 09.1 and 09.2 were restructured. The sum of both categories should be comparable to the sum of the previous categories 09 (excl. 09.11 and 09.3) and 09.11.

Example: Animal and vegetal wastes

Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown (6) – Mineral waste Reorganisation of mineral waste

Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown (7) – Mineral waste Separate category for mineral waste from construction and demolition (12.1) These are concrete, bricks, and gypsum waste; insulation materials; mixed construction wastes containing glass, plastics and wood; and waste hydrocarbonised road-surfacing material. They originate from construction and demolition activities. They are hazardous when containing organic pollutants.  New category to be reported as of 2010; wastes were formerly included in the category ‘Mineral Waste’ consisting of EWC-Stat 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 + 12.5

Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown (8) – Mineral waste Separate category for other mineral wastes (12.2, 12.3, 12.5) These are waste gravel, crushed rocks, waste sand and clays, muds and tailings from extractive industries; blasting materials, grinding bodies, sludges, particulates and dust from the manufacture of glass, ceramic goods and cement; casting cores and moulds from the casting of ferrous and non-ferrous pieces; linings and refractories from thermal processes; and asbestos materials from all branches (asbestos processing, cement, brake pads etc.). They are hazardous when containing asbestos, oil or heavy metals.  New category to be reported as of 2010; wastes were formerly included in category ‘Mineral Waste’ consisting of EWC-Stat 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 + 12.5

Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown (9) – Mineral waste Separate category for soil (12.6) These wastes are soils and stones that originate mainly from construction activities, the excavation of contaminated sites and soil remediation. They are hazardous when containing organic pollutants, heavy metals or oil.  New category to be reported as of 2010: Non-hazardous soils were formerly reported in category ‘Mineral Waste’ consisting of EWC-Stat 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 + 12.5 Hazardous soils were reported together with dredging spoils in category 12.6 ‘Contaminated soils and polluted dredging spoils’

Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown (10) – Mineral waste Separate category for dredging spoils (12.7) These are wastes that mainly come from the construction and maintenance of water projects, dredging and subsurface work. They are hazardous when containing heavy metals or organic pollutants.  Hazardous dredging spoils are reported separately as of 2010; they were reported together with hazardous soils in category 12.6 ‘Contaminated soils and polluted dredging spoils’  For non-hazardous dredging spoils only the EWC-Stat code has changed (formerly 11.3).

Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown (11) – Mineral waste New category for “Mineral Waste from waste treatment and stabilized waste” (12.8 + 13) This new category aims to improve the distinction between primary and secondary waste. The category is a combination of the category “solidified, stabilized or vitrified waste” (EWC-Stat Category 13) and the newly introduced category “waste from waste treatment” (EWC-Stat category 12.8). Both categories consist of secondary waste and from the material aspect they are related to each other.  New category to be reported as of 2010; wastes were formerly reported under category ‘Mineral Waste’ consisting of EWC-Stat 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 + 12.5 or under EWC-Stat 13 ‘Solidified, stabilised or vitrified wastes’.

Changes in the EWC-Stat breakdown (12)  The revised composition of the EWC-Stat breakdown is explained in detail in chapter 2.2.2 of the Manual.

Changed allocation of List of Wastes codes to EWC Stat (1) Reorgansiation of 99-codes In order to make Annex III more consistent it was proposed to assign 53 of the 56 99-codes also to the waste category 10.22 ‘Other mixed and undifferentiated wastes’. As of 2010 the category “Mixed and undifferentiated materials (10.2)” summarises all unspecified LoW-codes; the amount of category 10.2, non- hazardous, should be higher than before! Section 02.32 Chemical waste mixed for treatment The codes formerly allocated to the section 02.32 “Chemical wastes mixed for treatment” have been moved to others for two different reasons: Reorganisation of the “Sorting residues” (10.3) Establishment of a new category “Sludge and liquid wastes from waste treatment” (3.3) As a result, section 02.32 disappeared.

Changed allocation of List of Wastes codes to EWC Stat (2) Reorganisation of the category Metal waste (06) Animal and vegetal waste (09) Sorting residues (10.3) Construction and demolition waste (12.1) Soil (12.6) Introduction of the category Sludges and liquid waste from waste treatment (03.03) Dredging spoils (12.7) Waste from Waste treatment (12.8)

New item for „backfilling“ (1) Backfilling means a recovery operation where waste is used in excavated areas (such as underground mines, gravel pits) for the purpose of slope reclamation or safety or for engineering purposes in landscaping and where the waste is substituting other non-waste materials which would have had to be used for the purpose. This includes: the use of waste for stowage of mines and quarries; the use of waste for recultivation, land reclamation or landscaping;

New item for „backfilling“ (2)

New item for „backfilling“ (3)

Reporting on landfills (1)  Objective: to harmonise the reporting obligations of WStatR and the „Questionnaire on the implementation of the landfill directive“ (2000/738/EC) Changed: Operations D3 and D4 shifted from item 4 to item 5 Dropped: Number and capacity of disposal operations of item 5 New: Capacity and number of landfills for a) HW b) NHW c) IW New: Number of landfills closed a) HW b) NHW c) IW Item 4 (D1, D5, D12) - Landfilling Item 5 (D2, D3, D4, D6, D7) – Other disposal

Reporting on landfills (2)

Reporting on landfills (3)

Reporting on landfills / Impact of WStatR Revision (4) Restructuring of the waste categories enhance possibillities for validation and analysis breakdown of the „black box“ mineral waste landfilled into six different waste categories improved realtionship between generation and treatment data impact on the time series of the landfilling data for some waste categories: Household and similar waste (10.1): waste from markets Mixed and undifferentiated waste (10.2): inclusion of 99-codes Sorting residues (10.3): depends on the waste management infrastructure Chemical waste (01-03): no siginficant impact expected Common sludges (11): separate reporting of dredging spoil Animal and vegetal waste (09): a few codes excluded

Reporting on landfills / Impact of WStatR Revision (5) Regrouping of disposal operations D3 Deep injection: probably no impact the operation is rarely applied known applications is presumable not reported D4 Surface impoundment: may lead to a significant shift of quantities from landfillling to other disposal operations Specification of reporting on landfills: The distinction between landfills for hazardous, nonhazardous and inert waste will allow crosschecks of WStatR-data on the number and rest capacity of landfills with the corresponding data collected under the Landfill Directive.

Redesigned reporting on waste treatment

NACE Rev. 2 Manual on waste statistics, edition 2010: Annex III — Synopsis NACE Rev. 1.1 — NACE Rev. 2

Effects of changes on comparability over time Break in time series EWC Stat 3  EWC Stat 4 Changes in allocation of LoW-codes to EWC Stat Alignment of EWC Stat breakdown in waste generation and treatment Harmonisation of reporting on landfills NACE Rev. 1.1  NACE Rev. 2

Special needs as regards the next QR (1) Mining waste New item „backfilling“ Percentage of the population served by a collection scheme for mixed household waste and similar waste Major changes to be reported Specific issues concering the data collection on r.y. 2010 Codes and labels used in the tables Transmission of QR via eDAMIS as usual

Special needs as regards the next QR / Mining waste (2) Revised template for the QR on Waste Statistics 2012:

Special needs as regards the next QR / Backfilling (3) Revised template for the QR on Waste Statistics 2012:

Special needs as regards the next QR / Backfilling (4) Revised template for the QR on Waste Statistics 2012:

Special needs as regards the next QR / Percentage of the population served (5) Revised template for the QR on Waste Statistics 2012: To be reported in item 1.7 of table 8 of the QR

Special needs as regards the next QR / Major changes (6) Revised template for the QR on Waste Statistics 2012 / part 1, chapter 6:

Special needs as regards the next QR / Specific issues (7) Revised template for the QR on Waste Statistics 2012 / part 1, chapter 7:

Special needs as regards the next QR / Codes and labels used in the tables (8) Various corrections and alignments have been made in codes and labels used in the tables of the quality report. e.g.

Questions?

Contact & Information Dr. Brigitte Karigl +43-1-31304-5568 brigitte.karigl@umweltbundesamt.at Umweltbundesamt www.umweltbundesamt.at ESTP_Waste Statistics Vienna ■ 24 to 25 April 2012