Collected municipal waste per inhabitant
Definition
This indicator expresses the quantity of municipal waste collected
from households, commercial activities, institutions, by municipalities
or specialised economic operators, related to the number of
inhabitants (the country's population on January 1 of the reference
year).
Municipal waste includes the following waste categories: paper,
cardboard, plastics, glass, metal, textiles, food waste, park and
garden waste. Construction and demolition waste is excluded.
Unit of measure
kg/inhabitant
Purpose
Measuring the quantity of collected municipal waste in accordance
with the requirements provided by EU Regulation No. 849/2010 of the
Commission of 27 September 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No.
2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25
November 2002 on waste statistics and the 6th Environment Action
Programme.
Symbol
CMW
Computation
method
Summing up the quantities of collected municipal waste related to the
number of inhabitants (country’s population on 1 January of the
reference year).
Computation
formula
CMW = Sum Qcmw (municipal waste collected) / no. of inhabitants
(country’s population on 1st January of the reference year)
Necessary data
Data sources
Quantity of collected municipal waste
Country’s population on 1 January of the reference year
Statistical survey on waste generation and management – NEPA
Country’s population on 1 January of the reference year – NIS
Aggregation level National
Other
information
NSDS objectives: Sustainable consumption and production
Naţional level: 2