Eionet
European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production
Topic Centre of European Environment Agency
HOME
- About ETC/SCP
- Themes
- Facts & figures
- Reports & publications
- eNews Archive
- Definitions & glossary
- Contact us
- Links
- FAQ
- Eionet Forum on SCP
International waste databases
This section contains a list of 15 international databases on waste data and information. Click the name to go directly to the database or choose "Full description" to get additional information on geographical coverage, dataset held, accessibility, and link for the selected database.
| Name of database | Organisation | Description | More info |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUROSTAT | EUROSTAT | EUROSTAT stores more than 270 million social and economic statistical data covering the European Union Member States and also, in many cases, Japan, the United States, the Candidate Countries and the principal economic partners of the European Union. New Cronos is subdivided into nine themes, comprising several domains, each covering a specific sector. Each domain identified by an alphanumeric code, consists of collections giving the economic and social indicators in question. These collections are themselves structured into multidimensional tables. | Full description |
| Basel Convention | Secretariat of the Basel Convention, Geneva, Switzerland | National Reporting (Statistics and Information on Reporting of Hazardous Wastes) | Full description |
| EPER | European Commission | European Pollutant Emission Register. National governments of all EC Member States are required to maintain inventories of emission data from specified industrial sources and to report emissions from individual facilities to the European Commission. The reported data will be made accessible in a public register (EPER), which is intended to provide environmental information on major industrial activities. | Full description |
| EEIS | UNIDO and Industrial Technology Information Bank (INTIB), Austria | Energy and Environment Information System. The database contains information on hazardous waste, solid waste, water, air, cleaner production, energy, building and engineering, and global environment (industrial). | Full description |
| ANNETTE | Regional Institute of Environmental Technology (RIET), Singapore | Asian Network on Technology for the Environment Database. This database contains abstracts and full text information on hazardous waste, energy, water, air, noise and vibration, solid waste, waste planning & management, clean technologies, environmental pollution control, manufacturing and recycling technologies. | Full description |
| International Solid Waste Management Suppliers and Services Database from James & James | James & James, 8-12 Camden High Street, London NW1 0JH, UK | The James & James database of Solid Waste Management Suppliers and Services holds the details of 6,500 companies and organisations from around the world. All of them are solid waste management specialists. The database is probably the largest and most up to date of its kind anywhere in the world today. | Full description |
| ENSIC Database | Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand | ENSICNET database contains bibliographic information on wastewater treatment, cleaner production, water, air, solid waste, land and agriculture, pollution control technologies for sanitation, water supply and water resources, solid waste treatment, toxic and hazardous waste, air and noise pollution. | Full description |
| CEABA | DECHEMA e. V. and FIZ CHEMIE GmbH and Royal Soc. of Chem.UK, Germany | CEABA covers abstracts on waste management and a wide range of topics on energy and environment. This database contains over than 600 000 topics. | Full description |
| WasteInfo | Waste Management Information Bureau, United Kingdom | Contains more than 75,000 citations, most with abstracts, to the worldwide literature on non-nuclear waste management. Covers treatment and disposal, recycling, and environmental hazards and impact. Also covers public policy, legislation, regulations, and waste management guidelines. | Full description |
| Waste Management Research Abstracts | Waste Management Research Abstracts, International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria | The Waste Management Research Abstracts (WMRA) are a collection of research summaries planned or in progress in the field of radioactive waste - including activities related to the decommissioning of nuclear facilities and environmental restoration. | Full description |
| CEEC - National data from Central and Eastern European Countries | DHV CR Ltd. , Taboritska 23, 130 87 Praha 3 | The data collected by CEEC are re-structured into four subsets as follows:1.Meta-information on national waste management authorities. 2.Information on national context represents the second subset of data. 3.Aggregated national indicators. 4.Catalogue of waste management policies and instruments. | Full description |
| WasteBase | European Topic Centre on SCP | This database contains historical information on waste in the European countries. | Full description |