The immediate objective of the report is to provide an overview on waste factors, their derivation and application and the experiences made, based on reports and literature available. This report has been prepared by the European Topic Centre on Waste (ETC/W) as part of the work programme of the...

This report focuses specifically on environmental risks associated with the main final disposal technologies, landfilling and incineration.

This study describes the present situation on available data and databases for waste management facilities in EEA countries based on a questionnaire inquiry. Strong and weak points are discussed and possible requirements for improvements are evaluated.

The report investigates comparability between existing household and municipal waste data for the years 1993-1996 in EEA member countries except Liechtenstein.