European Topic Centre on Resource and Waste Management Overview of EU reporting obligations on waste Under contract with the European Environment Agency Henrik Jacobsen
Outline of presention EU waste legislation Reporting obligations Useful links
EU waste legislation with numeric reporting obligations
Waste Statistics Regulation Passed in 2002 First reporting data for 2004 Reporting every second year Replaces the Eurostat/OECD joint questionnaire for EU Member States Replaces other EU reporting obligations? Covers 20 sectors; 48 waste categories; 3 kinds of treatment
Waste generation from 20 sectors
48 waste categories
3 kinds of treatment
Example: Recovery
Data on disposal and recovery facilities Number of operation facilities (NUTS 2) Capacity of the operations (NUTS 2)
Outstanding problems Waste from Nace sector A and B Import/export of waste Packaging waste Preparatory treatment of waste Pilot studies in the Member States
Reporting obligations for packaging waste Targets 2008: 60% recovery of packaging waste Recycling – Glass: 60% – Paper and board: 60% – Metals: 50% – Plastic: 22,5% – Wood: 15% – Total packaging: 55%
Reporting obligations for packaging waste
Useful links EEA Reporting obligation database: Eurostat Waste Handbook: rary?l=/wastesstatisticssregulat/statistics_handbook&vm=d etailed&sb=Title Commission website on packaging waste: ndex.htm