Karen B. Kristensen, M.A.
European Topic Centre on Resource and
Waste Management
Under contract with the European Environment
Agency
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Outline of presentation
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?
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?
Italian EPAItalian EPA
Danish Danish EPAEPA
Wuppertal InstituteWuppertal Institute
Regional Environ-Regional Environ-mental Centremental Centre
Austrian EPAAustrian EPA
Environment Agency for Environment Agency for England and WalesEngland and Wales
Estonian Environment Estonian Environment Information CentreInformation Centre
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What are the resources?
10 full-time staff in Copenhagen11 part-time staff with partners
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
Eionet is the network of the EEA:
National Focal Points– (one in each country)
National Reference Centres – (experts within a field)
European Topic Centres– (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
The ETCs do not collect data
Data from Eurostat, DGEnv, Basel Convention
Regulation on Waste Statistics important in the future
Close cooperation with DGEnv and Eurostat– Overlapping reporting obligations
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Draft list of ETC/RWM indicators
Direct Material Input (DMI) Direct Material Consumption (DMC) 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
EEA CSI
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Municipal waste generated in WE and CEE
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
kg per capita
WE
CEE
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Generation of packaging waste and GDP in Europe
80
100
120
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Index (1997=100)
Packaging waste generationGDP
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Manufacturing waste generation in Western Europe and Central Eastern Europe
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Million tonnes
WE
CEE
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Manufacturing waste generation/gross value
added in the manufacturing sector
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Index 1996=100
Waste generation Gross value added
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Trends in generation of manufacturing waste per capita
0
0,5
1
1,5
2
2,5
3
3,5
Tonnes/capita
1996 1998 2000 2002
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Trends in manufacturing waste generation per gross
value added in the manufacturing sector
0
500
1000
1500
2000
BE
CZ
DE
DK FI
HR IS IT NL
NO
PL
PT
RO SI
SK
WE
CE
E
Tonnes/ Million USD
1996 1998 2000 2002
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Policy analysis and assessments
Use of economic instruments in resource policies
Assessment of effect of present EU legislation – Landfill and Incineration Directives
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Support to member countries
Support to Turkey
Support to West Balkan
Eionet– newsletter– annual Eionet workshop
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ETC/RWM, Turkey and the West Balkans
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
Wastebase
Success stories (waste prevention)
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Success stories
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
www.wasteinfo.dk(International WasteNews)
http://www.eea.europa.eu/ http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/in
dex.htm http://www.iswa.org