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The full methodology can be found in the draft manual on waste in the SDGs. A methodology can be found here. This approach for compiling the indicator was piloted under a waste statistics project in Cameroon, India, Oman, Costa Rica and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Linkages:
FDES (Framework for the development of Environment Statistics) topic 3.1 on waste (see the specific note on waste in the FDES). Information on waste is also included in the UNEP/UNSD Joint Questionnaire on Environment Statistics. (Contact Reena Shah from UNSD on the FDES.)
SEEA (System of Economic Environmental Accounts) framework for waste accounts. (Contact Alessandra Alferi from UNSD on the SEEA.)
ECE Waste Taskforce (Contact Michael Nagy from ECE.)
Global e-Waste Statistics Partnership (Contact: e-waste partnership/UNU/UNITAR: Kees Balde)
BRS Conventions: The Basel convention in particular includes information on hazardous waste generation and treatment, including a definition of recycling (Contact: BRS: Tatiana Terekhova)
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM): The SAICM is in the process of developing the post 2020 framework which will provide a basis for better management of chemicals and hazardous waste. (Contact: Jacqueline Alvarez)
Hazardous waste generated should include collected hazardous waste (either by specialized companies or by municipal services), hazardous waste which is given by the generator directly to the treatment or disposal facility, as well as an estimation of hazardous waste which is unaccounted for. Generated hazardous waste includes exported hazardous waste and excludes imports of hazardous waste.
A generic global generation rate could be applied to estimate national generation; however, it should be adjusted to better fit the specificities of the country. One tool to aid this is a dataset associated with the “What a Waste” publication that contains for selected countries country-specific data on hazardous waste as well as population data. The suggested sub-indicators on hazardous waste include both generation and treatment:
Hazardous waste generated (in tonnes, per km sq of land area and per capita)
Hazardous waste generated by type, including e-waste
Proportion of hazardous waste treated
This indicator will be collected through the UNEP/UNSD Joint Questionnaire on Environment Statistics and supplemented with data collection from the UNEP Indicator Reporting Information System.
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