Quality management systems for municipal waste data

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Table of Contents

• Abstract 5
• Acknowledgements 6
• Executive summary 7
• 1 Introduction 9
• 1.1 Policy context and background 9
• 1.2 Rationale and objective of the study 10
• 1.3 Scope 11
• 1.3.1 Dimensions of quality management covered 11
• 1.3.2 Waste management phases and target authorities 11
• 1.3.3 Waste fractions 11
• 2 Overview of current practices for data collection, reporting and monitoring 13
• 2.1 Transmission of statistics 13
• 2.2 Reporting obligations 13
• 2.3 Eurostat Waste Database 15
• 2.4 National Electronic Registries for Waste 16
• 2.5 Standards and methodologies for waste composition analysis 22
• 2.6 Common performance indicators for waste management 24
• 2.6.1 Eurostat waste-related indicators 24
• 2.6.2 Indicators proposed in the JRC best environmental practice 25
• 2.6.3 KPIs for economic instruments in municipal waste management 26
• 2.6.4 Best practices: impurity rates in the separately collected waste 27
• 3 Operational framework for a harmonised quality management system 29
• 3.1 Data collection and reporting 29
• 3.1.1 Electronic Registries for Waste 29
• 3.1.2 Reporting obligations 29
• 3.2 Proposal for a harmonised methodology for waste composition analysis 30
• 3.2.1 Frequency of waste composition analysis 30
• 3.2.2 Sampling plan at national level 31
• 3.2.3 Classification of waste fractions 32
• 3.3 Monitoring 36
• 3.3.1 Proposed KPIs 36
• 4 Potential financial costs, benefits, and socio-economic impacts 39
• 4.1 Potential financial costs 39
• 4.1.1 Cost of establishing and managing a national Electronic Registry for Waste 39
• 4.1.2 Cost of conducting waste composition analyses 39
• 4.1.3 Cost of implementing a monitoring system with specific KPIs 40
• 4.2 Potential benefits 40
• 4.3 Potential socio-economic impacts 41
• 5 Conclusions and recommendations 42
• References 43
• List of abbreviations 49
• List of figures 49
• List of tables 50
• Annexes 51
• Annex 1. List of Waste 51
• Annex 2. A methodology to calculate generated municipal waste from collected amounts 53