12.4.2b Proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment

12.4.2b Proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment

12.4.2 (a) Hazardous waste generated per capita; and (b) proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment

12.4 By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment

Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

The indicator includes hazardous waste generated and the share of hazardous waste treated. 

Hazardous waste is waste that, due to its origin, composition or concentration of hazardous substances, may cause a hazard to the environment and human health and has at least one of the hazardous characteristics established by special regulations, including the packaging in which the hazardous waste was or is packaged. 

Hazardous waste generated (in tones, and per capita): refers to the amount of hazardous waste generated in the country during the reporting year, before any activity such as collection, preparation for reuse, treatment, recovery, including recycling or export, regardless of the destination of this waste. 

Treated hazardous waste: refers to hazardous waste treated during the reporting year, by type of treatment (recycling, incineration with/without energy recovery, landfilling or other), including export and excluding import.

Data on waste generated and treated are collected through statistical waste surveys and from administrative sources.

The survey covers all sectors of economic activity. Household waste is estimated from data taken from administrative sources. In the survey on treated waste, data are collected by type of treatment from all operators licensed to carry out one or more activities in the field of waste management (collection, transport, storage, treatment, disposal).

Hazardous waste generated includes hazardous waste collected (either by specialized companies or municipal services), hazardous waste delivered directly by the producer to a treatment or disposal facility, and an estimate of hazardous waste not accounted for.                                                                                 

Hazardous waste generated includes exported hazardous waste and excludes imports of hazardous waste.

The total amount of hazardous waste treated during the reporting year is calculated by summing the amounts of hazardous waste treated, by each type of treatment (recycling, incineration with/without energy recovery, landfilling or other), including exports and excluding imports. 

Share of treated hazardous waste: The amount of treated hazardous waste during the reporting year, divided by the amount of hazardous waste produced and multiplied by 100.        

%

Waste treatments

Republic of Serbia

Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia

Every two years

C120402

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