Statistics Training Material
TOOLKITs
Guiding countries in their data collection is particularly necessary as to date a limited number of countries report national data that are internationally comparable data on waste statistics. Measuring waste statistics is an important step towards addressing the waste challenge since statistics help to evaluate developments over time, set and assess targets, and identify best practices in policies.
Better waste data will help track the global target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), in particular SDG 12, to “ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns,” as well as other SDGs. E-waste statistics are in particular relevant for SDG 12.4.2 on hazardous waste and SDG 12.5.1 on the national recycling rate. In addition, these datasets are becoming of increasing importance for global treaties, such as Minamata, Basel Conventions, and the upcoming Plastic Treaty.
UNITAR-SCYCLE has co-developed toolkits and methodologies to support countries tracking their waste management.
Methods
Partnership for Measuring ICT for Development guidelines on e-waste statistics:
E-waste-statistics-guidelines-on-classification-reporting-and-indicators.pdf
also available on https://globalewaste.org
UNECE Framework on Waste Statistics (pdf):
Conference of European Statisticians Framework on Waste Statistics | UNECE
also available on https://unece.org
Basel Convention on Inventory for Plastic Waste:
On-going: Statistical guidelines for plastic along the lifecycle with collaboration with UNEP
coming soon
Online Training
UNCC LEARN TRAINING OF UNITAR: How to prevent e-waste?
(https://unccelearn.org/)
Read more here on academy-ce.info
An introduction to the e-waste challenge | ITU Academy
(https://academy.itu.int/training-courses/)
Addressing the e-waste challenge through data and statistics | ITU Academy
(https://academy.itu.int/training-courses/)
Calculation Tools
E-waste Statistic Toolkit
E-waste Generation Calculation Tool:
to perform e-waste generation calculations using placed on market input from other placed on market tools per country.
Customized E-waste generation tool for European Union Countries:
pre-filled and customized toolkit developed for the European Union
Plastic Statistic Toolkit
Plastic Put on Market Calculation Tool:
to perform placed on market calculations using trade statistics and production statistics per country.
Output can be inserted in the “Plastic Waste generation Calculation Tool”.
- Excel tool: EN-Plastic Embedded POM
- Excel tool: EN-Plastic Products Pom
- Manual: EN
