1. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 1 Social-economic indicators and packaging waste selectively collection

2. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 2 Prime goal. What questions look for an answer?

3. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 3 Questions to be answered. Do households contribute at a maximum level on sorting packaging waste at home? Have we reach a high rate of packaging waste selectively collected?

4. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 4 Questions to be answered. Is there a significant difference between households in terms of social-economic conditions and respective contribution on sorting/select packaging waste at home? Which is the best solution door-to- door collection or specific containers placed on strategic sites on streets?

5. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 5 Prime objectives. Evaluate families behaviour about waste sorting at home – social- economic conditions explain differences? Is all packaging waste proper for selectively collection being sorted and sended for recycling – how high is the rate? can it be improved?

6. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 6 Who is looking for this answers? Instituto Nacional de Estatística – Statistical Office. Universidade Nova de Lisboa - New University of Lisbon Environment Engineering Department Valorlis S.A. – Waste Management Scheme – Private business participated by municipalities from West Region.

7. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 7 Work phases. (1) Characterization of study area – door-to-door areas; eco-points; households. (2) Collection of data on packanging waste selectively collected and mixed household waste; quality of materials sorted out on transfer facilities.

8. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 8 Work phases. (3) Data treatment; social- economic characterization of population; basic statistics and analysis; data aggregations. (4) Symbolic Object Data Analysis – Relation between waste collected and neighbourhood main characteristics.

9. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 9 INE – Census 2001 Data – statistics on households – statistical work and data analysis. Valorlis – Identify eco-points subject to the study – avoiding commercial areas and small businesses. NUL/EED – Develop questionnaires on families and define types of packaging to study. Back office work.

10. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 10 Field work. INE – Organize field work on households questionnaires – interviews preparation and lead collection of data. Valorlis – Weight packaging waste collected by eco-point and door-to- door areas – weight of packaging waste sorted out from containers for mixed waste.

11. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 11 Field work. NUL/EED – Students teams to collect data on households and identify obstacles and barriers on the field which limit access of people in order to identify the significant buildings and houses under a 100 meters influence buffers of eco-points to be surveyed.

12. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 12 Municipalities.

13. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 13 Data collection / treatment. Special questionnaires on families to evaluate if they contribute, how they contribute and amounts perceived – if not … why they don’t? Data on waste and households characteristics constitute agreggates based on geographic areas.

14. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 14 Data collection / treatment. Data aggregates constitute symbolic objects to be analysed with Symbolic Objects Data Analysis Software.

15. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 15 Main results. Rates on packaging waste selectively collected. Indicators on waste separately collected in order to validate data over similar areas in terms of social-economic conditions. Factors influencing households behaviour on sorting packaging waste.

16. INE / Portugal EUROSTAT / 9 – 10 April 2003 / Waste WG Meeting 16 Conclusions. What can be done to improve packaging waste sorting by households and consequent separately collection. Which system (door-to-door vs. eco-points) get better results. Stereotype household best contribute to packaging waste sorting at home.