Environmental Data Centre on Waste

No statistics or data are currently available at a European wide level.

The available data for the C&D sector is generally incomparable due to the current lack of any statistical reporting at a European level. However, since the introduction of mandatory waste management plans across many Member States the quality of C&D waste reporting is likely to improve over time.

From Waste Framework Directive (WFD):

• 'By 2020, the preparing for re-use, recycling and other material recovery, including backfilling operations using waste to substitute other materials, of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste excluding naturally occurring material defined in category 17 05 04 in the list of waste shall be increased to a minimum of 70 % by weight…'

 Accelerating the Development of the Sustainable Construction Market in Europe (2007)

 Review of Selected Waste Streams: Sewage Sludge, Construction and Demolition Waste, Waste Oils, Waste from Coal-Fired Power Plants and Biodegradable Municipal Waste (January 2002)

 

 

EIONET on C&D Waste