Transcript ETC/W Background

UNDER CONTRACT WITH
THE EUROPEAN
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
European Topic Centre on
Waste and Material Flows
Overgaden Oven Vandet 48 E ~ 1415 Copenhagen K ~ Denmark
Tel +45 32 64 01 64 ~ Fax +45 32 64 01 60
E-mail: [email protected] / Hjemmeside:http:// www.etc-waste.int
Principle of Work
• The EEA works by delegating work in
specific areas to Topic Centres.
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Topic Centres are ........
......consortia of national institutions or other
organisations that work under contract to the
Agency to help develop a particular topic of interest
as specified in the Agency’s work programme.
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Topic Centres under EEA
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Air and Climate Change
Water
Nature and Biodiversity
Waste and Material Flows
Terrestrial environment
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Partners to the ETC/WMF
1. Danish EPA & The EPA of
Copenhagen
2. Irish EPA
3. The Wuppertal Institute
4. Austrian EPA
5. Italian EPA
6. The Technical University of
Athens
7. Environmental InfoCentre, Estonia
8. Slovak EPA
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Objective of ETC/WMF
...to compile and provide objective, reliable,
comparable and updated information on
waste generation and material flows in the
member countries as an input to highlight
problems in the waste management policy...
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Target Group of ETC/WMF
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European Environment Agency
Commission (DG Environment)
Member Countries
Professionals
NGOs
Public at large
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Focus of ETC/WMF activities
• The ETC/W work programme is directed towards
the main problems of the Community Waste
Strategy, aiming at providing the Commission, as
well as Member States, with the necessary
improvements of the knowledge base required in
order to implement the strategy efficiently.
Thus, focusing the activities on the Waste Strategy,
common products are provided to both parties.
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Tasks of the ETC/WMF
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• Contribute to EEA reporting
• Develop assessment tools and scenarios
• Develop indicators
• WasteBase
• Support to EU (Commission and Parliament)
• Ad hoc support to EEA
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The Information Pyramid
Reporting
Assessments
Information & Indicators
Data collection
Monitoring
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EEA reports
1: Contribute to EEA reporting
• The ”Kiev report”. Environment for Europe. 4th meeting
to take place in Kiev Spring 2003.
• State & Outlook (2004).
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Assessment tools
2: Models and Tools
• Continue work on Waste from Electronic and
Electrical Equipment
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Indicators
3: Information and Indicators
• Develop a core set of indicators which describe
and explain waste generation and waste treatment
• Support to policy making
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Data collection
4: Data availability and data quality
• WasteBase
- Waste treatment facilities
- Waste Management Plans
- Waste minimisation strategies
- ”Harmonised datasets”
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Monitoring System
5: Support to Member Countries
• Advice on data collection systems
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