Environmental Data Centre on Waste

• Provide robust data, indicators and other relevant information for the assessment of policy effectiveness;
• Manage data, perform quality assurance, and coordinate data and information managed by other bodies (Directorate General for the Environment, Eurostat, Joint Research Centre, European Environment Agency, other EU institutions, international organisations such as OECD and UN etc.); 
• Be the central entry point for reporting of data under Community legislation on waste;
• Be the reference point for answering specific policy questions related to (statistical) information on waste and the associated environmental impacts; 
• Develop and coordinate the necessary methodologies to produce statistical data, information and indicators on the environmental impacts of waste generation and waste management taking a life cycle perspective, in cooperation with the Go4 partners.
  

• Users can consult the data tables and indicators available at Eurostat and its partner organisations. 
• Data providers such as National Statistical Offices and Environment Agencies responsible for reporting can find Eurostat's data reporting tools and the relevant background information.

In 2005 there was an agreement to set up ten Environmental Data Centres by the 4 EU bodies (the group of 4, "Go4"): DG Environment, Eurostat, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the European Environment Agency (EEA).

The technical arrangement which was signed outlines the agreed short and medium-term division of responsibilities in environmental reporting and disseminating information. Eurostat are the lead organisation for three environmental data centres: on natural resources, on products (supporting the integrated product policy) and on waste.

The EEA acts as data centre on air, climate change, water, biodiversity and land use; the JRC as data centre on soil and forestry.

For any suggestions on how we can improve our services please contact the Eurostat Waste Data Centre team.