1. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division Joint UNECE/Eurostat/EEA Workshop on Waste Statistics Vania Etropolska UNECE Statistical Division 11–13 April 2012, Geneva

2. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 2 Objective of the Workshop  How to compile and disseminate high- quality, harmonized and timely waste statistics in the EECCA countries  Discuss challenges and problems in producing statistics on waste generation and waste management, including recovery and disposal of waste Evaluation: 43 respondents out of 55 participants; excellent by 63%, good — by 32,5% and adequate — by 4,5% of respondents

3. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 3 Main topics reviewed (I) Waste generation and management by economic activity Generation and management of municipal waste Hazardous waste management

4. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 4 Waste classifications Waste management — recovery of waste Main topics reviewed (II) Nobody chose the answer «Unsatisfactory»

5. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 5 Desk study on waste statistics  overview of the existing trends and international standards on waste  analysis of the waste data as reported by the EECCA countries  key issues and challenges in the process of collection and reporting of data  developments in terminology and approaches for accounting for recovery and recycling of waste  problems and issues with classifications and definitions  recommendations for future improvements

6. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 6 Other outcomes of the workshop  European List of Wastes — translated in Russian — on the website  Conversion rates (examples of Netherlands, Estonia and Germany) — on the website

7. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 7 UNECE Weekly

8. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 8 All documents are available at: www.unece.org/stats/documents/2012.04.environ.html www.unece.org/stats/documents/2012.04.environ.html UNECE Weekly (Article: «How much waste do we produce?»): http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/highlights/unece_ weekly/weekly_2012/Weekly_492_Final.pdf

9. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 9 Workshop on Waste Statistics (April 2012) Workshop on Measuring Sustainable Development (October 2012) Workshop on Agri-environmental Indicators (pesticides and fertilizers) (Spring 2013) UN Development Account project 2012–2013