Municipal solid waste
management in Europe
High level Seminar on policy instruments to improve municipal waste management
Brussels, 19 March 2013
Almut Reichel, Project manager SCP and waste, European Environment Agency
32 country
papers
+
Development of municipal waste management
in 32 European countries
EU-27,
Croatia,
Iceland,
Norway,
Switzerland,
Turkey
Number of countries at different levels of the municipal waste
management hierarchy
Material recycling rates 2001-2010
% of generated
municipal waste
Bio-waste recycling rates 2001-2010
% of generated
municipal waste
Regional variation in municipal waste recycling rates,
2008/2009
Regional differences in total recycling rate
Data source: Eurostat regional waste data
Distance to the 50% recycling target
Data
sources:
Eurostat
and
national
sources
Context: Pilot project on implementation of waste
policies – Joint DG ENV – EEA project
1
Ex-post analysis of EEA member
countries’ municipal waste
management
Report + 32 country papers,
published today
2
Development of a ‘Reference Model
on Waste’ for the EU countries
Joint DG Environment - EEA
activity
European Reference Model on Waste
Waste Arisings, compositions,
recycling data etc.
Background input data
Main Model
Mass flow modelling
CBA modelling &
outputs
Financial costs
modules
Environmental
analysis modules
MSW generation projections
Waste prevention
Recycling, composting &
anaerobic digestion
Residual waste treatment:
Incineration & MBT
Landfill
Output charts and reporting module
Other analysis &
outputs
Distance to targets
assessment
Employment
module
Resource efficiency
indicators
Thank you!
Almut Reichel
Project manager sustainable consumption and production and waste
Almut.Reichel@eea.europa.eu