UNECE/Eurostat/EEA Workshop on Waste Statistics

1. UNECE/Eurostat/EEA Workshopon Waste Statistics 4 November 2013 Geneva Karin Blumenthal, European Commission, Eurostat

2. Municipal waste statistics – content • Context • What is municipal waste ? • Guidance document - How to collected municipal waste data • Data Quality Report - Tell us how municipal waste data collection is done in your country

3. Municipal waste statistics - context • Municipal waste represents ca. 10 % of total waste(ca. 30 % of non-mineral waste)  Households – main generators  Municipalities – main actors for collection and processing • Data are needed for planning purposes Waste collection and treatment capacities

4. Municipal waste statistics - context • Focus on consumption waste • OECD / Eurostat joint questionnaire • Gentlemen's agreement • Sustainable development indicator • Guidance on the reporting is available • Improvement of data quality through better coordination with OECD and perhaps new reporting variables

5. Municipal waste – what is it ? • Municipal waste is defined by the following set of criteria: • Waste materials/fractions • Origin of waste • Type of collection

6. Municipal waste – OECD/Eurostat JQ definition Municipal waste includes household waste and similar waste • The definition also includes – if managed as waste: • Bulky waste (e.g. white goods, old furniture, mattresses) • Yard waste, leaves, grass clippings, street sweepings, the content of litter containers, market cleaning waste • It includes waste originating from: • households • commerce and trade, small businesses, office buildings and institutions (schools, hospitals, government buildings) • waste from selected municipal services – if managed as waste , i.e. waste from park and garden maintenance, waste from street cleaning services (street sweepings, the content of litter containers, market cleansing waste)

7. Municipal waste – OECD/Eurostat JQ definition It includes waste collected • Door-to-door through traditional collection (mixed household waste) • Fractions collected separately for recovery operations • It also includes waste from the same sources and similar in nature and composition which: • are collected directly by the private sector not on behalf of municipalities • originate from rural areas not served by a regular waste service • The definition excludes: • Waste from municipal sewage network and treatment • Waste from municipal construction and demolition waste

8. Municipal waste – collection systems / sources Municipal waste Drop-off containers Household waste Wastefromtradeandservicesactivities Street cleaning residues and green waste Door-to-doorcollection Gardenwaste Bulkywaste Waste from offices etc (schools, hospitals, canteens Waste in litter-bins in parkc & public places

9. Municipal waste materials

10. Municipal waste – waste materials included Residual waste (mixed waste from households) No picture Recyclables (paper, glass, plastics, metals organic waste) Bulky waste (Furniture, large WEEE [coolers, TVs, washing machines]) http://www.br.de/radio/bayern1 Hazardous waste(paints, inks, oils, resigns, detergents etc.) http://www.all-leer.de/media/custom http://www.stadt-salzburg.at

11. Municipal waste – waste materials excluded Waste from municipal sewage network End-of-life vehicles http://www.mayer-entsorgungstechnik.de Construction and demolition waste http://www.humor.li/bilder/neu/detail/39226 http://www.luchting-gebaeudereinigung.de

12. Municipal waste – data collection • Reporting on MW generation andmanagement • Waste generation • Recycling • Composting • Incineration • Landfilling • Coverage of MW collection system - in % in 1 000 tonnes Energyrecovery (R1) Incineration (D10)

13. Pre-treatment 'Final' treatment Municipal waste – Guidance document

14. Mechanical biological treatment Exhaust air

15. Guidance – rules for reporting on treatment • Process and water losses are not reported • Preparatory activities (e.g. blending, mixing, re-packaging) are not reported • Pre-treatment (e.g. sorting) outputs should be assigned to the treatment operations following it • Residues from the four „final“ treatment categories (e.g. ashes from waste incineration) are not further reported • Exceptions • significant amounts of residues (R-code ≠ Recycling) • sorting facilities at the place of a final treatment plant

16. Municipal waste – Data quality report

17. Municipal waste – Data quality report • Generation of municipal waste • Municipal waste data collection process • Total MW estimation if population is not completely covered by a collection scheme • Composition and sources of household /municipal waste • Packaging waste from households and business • Methodological changes

18. Municipal waste – Data quality report • Management of municipal waste • Temporary storage • Reporting on input to pre-treatment facility - estimate the share of residues/recycled amount • Data validation process • Export of municipal waste – monitoring of recycled amounts • Distinction between energy recovery (R1) and incineration (D10)

19. Municipal waste – Data quality report

20. Municipalwaste

23. Thank you for your attention Karin.blumenthal@ec.europa.eu European Data Centre Waste http://ec.europa.eu/waste