1. Municipal Waste item 6.1 of the agenda
Working Group “Statistics of the Environment”
Sub-Group “Waste”
2-3 March 2010
Hartmut Schrör

2. Subjects Data entry tools Variables on recycling and composting
Further improvement of the data collection
Methodology, concepts, metadata
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste

3. Data entry eDAMIS web forms used successfully
Some problems with update of flags
Excel files were accepted as well
Suggestion for 2010 data collection (ref. year 2009): keep using eDAMIS web forms.
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste

4. Recycling and Composting
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste

5. Recycling and Composting
EU level
Recycling: 23% of all treatment
Composting: 17% of all treatment
AT, DE, NL, BE
Recycling + composting account for > 50%
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste

6. Generation vs. treatment, 2008
EU: MW generated exceeds MW treated by 2.1%
Country level variation: from 16.5% to -23.7%
Why?
Storage, time lags in treatment
Export, import
Estimation of waste generated in areas not covered by municipal waste collection scheme
Double-counting of secondary waste …
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste

7. Further improvement of the data collection
Secondary waste, first / last treatment step
Imports and exports of waste for treatment
Storage of waste for recovery or disposal
Coverage by waste materials and sources
Flags for previous years
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste

8. Secondary waste, first / last treatment
WG meeting 2009: secondary waste to be excluded
Next question: consider first or last treatment step?
Impact on results
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste

9. Last treatment vs. first treatment
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste

10. Secondary waste, first / last treatment
WG meeting 2009: secondary waste to be excluded
Next question: consider first or last treatment step?
Impact on results
Suggestions
Detailed consultation of Member States on
Current practice
Preferences
Possibilities
Common approach only after this consultation
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste

11. Imports and exports for treatment
Usually not taken into account (JQ)
Misleading figures in smaller countries, e.g. recycling in LU
Options
Correct treated amounts by adding exports and subtracting imports
Keep current practice but explain relevant imports/exports in a footnote.
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste

12. Storage of waste for recovery and disposal
D15, R13: storage pending any of the operations numbererd D1-D14 / R1-R12
Suggestions
These amounts should not be included (risk of double counting)
Information in footnotes useful to explain possible imbalance of MW generated and treated.
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste

13. Coverage by waste materials and sources
Variation between Member States in
Coverage of businesses, offices, public sector in collection
Coverage of waste types in collection
Little knowledge about this variation
Cross-checks with WStatR data
Suggestions
Member States to provide information on coverage of waste types and sources in next data collection
Occasional request for information (e.g. every 5 years)
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste

14. Flags for previous years
Suggestion
Keep flags on figures of previous years if they are still relevant
2-3 March 2010
Municipal Waste