1. Joint OECD/Eurostat data collection on municipal waste
Item 6.1 Working Group meeting on waste statistics 1-2 March 2016 Eurostat

2. Experiences with merged collection
Problems with the new breakdowns: by origin and by type of waste
Origin often not known
Waste generated by households
Waste generated by other sources
Type of waste: Problems with definition of waste streams
Household and similar waste defined as EWC-Stat 10.1 contains bulky waste - > double counting
Bulky waste may contain WEEE

3. Experiences with merged collection
Recommendations from consultation with OECD :
Household and similar waste which shall be reported: MW generated – Bulky waste (WEEE which is collected together with bulky waste cannot not be identified)
Bulky waste shall cover
WEEE should cover respective materials collected under LoW 20 01
Breakdown should be equal to MW generated

4. Merged dataset of Eurostat and OECD
Municipal waste generated by origin: Waste generated by households Waste generated by other sources by type of waste: Generation of household and similar waste Generation of bulky waste Generation of WEEE Total waste treatment Recovery Material recycling (R2 – R11, excluding part of R3) Composting and digestion (part of R3) Incineration / energy recovery (R1) Other recovery Disposal Incineration / disposal (D10) Landfill / disposal (D1-D7, D12) Other disposal Total incineration (R1 + D10) Coverage of the municipal waste collection system

5. Dissemination / publication
Dissemination of "Eurostat" variables
2014 Data published on 22 February 2016 – for EU aggregates missing countries were approximated by 2013 data
In future data shall be published this way in January
News release planned for 22nd March 2016