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Collection and reporting of waste data to support waste management policies
Chunbo Zhang1, Léonel Tchadjié Noumbissié1, Jishuo Zhang1
1Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
Abstract:
Policies for waste management, including target setting, infrastructure planning and circular economy interventions, crucially depend on the availability and quality of waste data. This paper evaluates the Waste Data Interrogator for England (WDI), a key database compiling reports from permitted waste facilities managing controlled wastes and compares it with six other European databases. Its usefulness for policy-making was evaluated across five key aspects: classification effectiveness, information comprehensiveness, suitability for spatial analytics, clarity and user-friendliness and reliability. The analysis focused on construction, demolition and excavation waste, which is the largest waste stream in the database and in many regions globally, and a common policy priority. Our analysis of the WDI in a European context provides internationally relevant insights and identifies areas for improvement. Recommendations include refining classification to inform recovery, broadening statistical coverage, strengthening spatial detail, enhancing metadata and promoting digitalisation, all of which support better evidence-based waste management policy-making.
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