waste statistics

Tesco is of the few supermarkets to voluntarily publish its food waste statistics.

Patricia Blutner - household hazardous waste collection service, waste statistics.

In response to the requirement to set up pilot studies on waste statistics, the Commission gives a progress report illustrating the provisional results obtained.

Another essential aspect is the treatment of waste within the agricultural sector and the extent to which this is included in the waste statistics.

Krause J., 1993, Harmonisation of Waste Statistics in the European Community.

There reporting of C&I waste statistics has not always met the European Commission's standards, with local councils using different methodologies for their statistics.

On 25 November, the European Parliament and the Council adopted a regulation on waste statistics (Table I).

Statistics on waste The quality of data concerning waste should improve with the implementation of Regulation 2150/2002/EC on waste statistics.

The European Parliament's resolution also calls on the Commission to submit the evaluation reports on pilot-studies in time, in order to avoid the double reporting of data concerning waste statistics.

Overall waste statistics have the disadvantage of not necessarily being comparable and case study examples are therefore considered to be of greater relevance in encouraging other companies to adopt similar waste reduction practices.

He has been involved in a number of Government waste research programmes to gather national waste statistics and managed the database development for the National Household Waste Analysis Programme.

• Waste statistics - Vote on report by Johannes BLOKLAND (IND/DEM, NL)

Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on statistics compiled pursuant to the Regulation (EC) 2150/2002 on waste statistics and their quality COM(2008)0355 Responsible:

I should like to have Commissioner Diamantopoulou confirm that in these waste statistics and the further development of pilot studies by the European Commission and Eurostat, every effort will be made to keep the burden for the respondents to a minimum.

With regard to statistics on waste from agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries a large variety of waste streams have to be considered and the most crucial issue is to what extent bio-organic waste will be covered by waste statistics.

Commission report to the European Parliament and to the Council concerning a proposal abolishing overlapping reporting obligations, pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste statistics.

It stressed that the Commission should make a further examination of the possibility of defining quantitative targets and specific prevention instruments and called for the appropriate implementation of the waste statistics regulation and the development of specific indicators to assess the impact of the sustainable use of resources.