ETCW Background

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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 [phone] Fax [phone]
60 E-mail etcw_at_mst.dk / Hjemmesidehttp//
www.etc-waste.int
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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 Agencys work
  programme.

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Topic Centres under EEA

• 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

• 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

• Contribute to EEA reporting
• Develop assessment tools and scenarios
• Develop indicators
• WasteBase
• Support to EU (Commission and Parliament)
• Ad hoc support to EEA

EIONET
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The Information Pyramid
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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