Download European Topic Centre on Resource and Waste Management

European Topic Centre
on Resource and
Waste Management
Karen B. Kristensen, M.A.
Under contract with
the European
Environment Agency
Outline of presentation
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The Topic Centre
The world of the EEA
ETC/RWM activities
ETC/RWM, Turkey and the West Balkans
IMPEL relevant success stories
Various information sources
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What is a Topic Centre?
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ETCs: consortia of national institutions
work under contract with the European
Environment Agency (EEA)
assistance within a particular topic (resources
and waste in our case)
existed since 1997
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Who is the Topic Centre?
Environment Agency for
England and Wales
Danish
EPA
Wuppertal Institute
Estonian Environment
Information Centre
Austrian EPA
Regional Environmental Centre
Italian EPA
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What are the resources?
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10 full-time staff in Copenhagen
11 part-time staff with partners
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Annual budget:
EUR 800,000 (incl. 10% national
contribution)
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European Environment Agency
‘The EEA aims to support sustainable
development and help to achieve
significant and measurable
improvement in Europe’s environment
through the provision of timely,
targeted, relevant and reliable
information to the policy making
agents and the public’
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Eionet
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Eionet is the network of the EEA:
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National Focal Points
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National Reference Centres
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(one in each country)
(experts within a field)
European Topic Centres
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(resource and waste management, air, water,
terrestrial environment as well as nature and
biodiversity)
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Eionet
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Work areas
• Data processing and data management
• Indicators and fact sheets
• Support to policy processes
• Policy analysis and assessment
• Knowledge sharing
• Support to member countries
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Data processing and data
management
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The ETCs do not collect data
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Data from Eurostat, DGEnv, Basel Convention
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Regulation on Waste Statistics important in the
future
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Close cooperation with DGEnv and Eurostat
– Overlapping reporting obligations
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Draft list of ETC/RWM indicators
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Direct Material Input (DMI)
Direct Material Consumption (DMC)
EEA CSI
Generation of municipal waste
Generation of packaging waste
Total generation of waste
Generation of industrial waste
Generation of hazardous waste
Waste recovery by operation categories
Waste disposal, specific waste streams
Landfilling of biodegradable municipal waste
GHG emissions from waste recovery and disposal
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Municipal waste generated in WE and CEE
kg per
capita
600
500
400
300
WE
200
CEE
100
0
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
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Index
(1997=100)
Generation of packaging waste and GDP in Europe
120
100
Packaging waste generation
GDP
80
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
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Manufacturing waste generation in Western
Europe and Central Eastern Europe
Million tonnes
160
140
120
100
WE
CEE
80
60
40
20
0
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
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Manufacturing waste generation/gross value
added in the manufacturing sector
Index 1996=100
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
1996
1997
1998
1999
Waste generation
2000
2001
Gross value added
2002
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Trends in generation of
manufacturing waste per capita
Tonnes/capita
3,5
3
2,5
2
1,5
1
0,5
C
EE
E
W
SK
SI
R
O
PT
PL
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L
T
M
IT
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FI
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1996
1998
2000
2002
Trends in manufacturing waste generation per gross
value added in the manufacturing sector
Tonnes/ Million
USD
2000
1500
1000
500
1996
1998
2000
2002
CEE
WE
SK
SI
RO
PT
PL
NO
NL
IT
IS
HR
FI
DK
DE
CZ
BE
0
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Policy analysis and
assessments
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Use of economic instruments in resource
policies
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Assessment of effect of present EU
legislation – Landfill and Incineration
Directives
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Support to member countries
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Support to Turkey
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Support to West Balkan
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Eionet
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newsletter
annual Eionet workshop
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ETC/RWM, Turkey and the
West Balkans
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The two projects concern the setting up
of a national waste data collection and
information system to enable the
countries to report according to EU and
international requirements in the future
Knowledge-sharing/best practice
Financing: EEA (Turkey) and Cards (West
Balkans)
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Knowledge sharing
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Wastebase
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Success stories (waste prevention)
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Success stories
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Envirowise – the UK
(www.envirowise.gov.uk)
Commercial waste advisors – Denmark
Effizienz-Agentur NRW - Germany
(www.efanrw.de)
Cleaner Production Centre – Croatia
(www.cro-cpc.hr)
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http://waste.eionet.europa.eu/
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Other information sources
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www.wasteinfo.dk
(International WasteNews)
http://www.eea.europa.eu/
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/i
ndex.htm
http://www.iswa.org
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