Waste generation and treatment (env_wasgt)

National Reference Metadata in ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)

Compiling agency: Statistics Iceland


Eurostat metadata
Reference metadata
1. Contact
2. Statistical presentation
3. Statistical processing
4. Quality management
5. Relevance
6. Accuracy and reliability
7. Timeliness and punctuality
8. Coherence and comparability
9. Accessibility and clarity
10. Cost and Burden
11. Confidentiality
12. Comment
Related Metadata
Annexes (including footnotes)
 



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Iceland
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Business Unit
1.5. Contact mail address

albert.s.sigurdsson@hagstofa.is


2. Statistical presentation Top
2.1. Data description

Waste generation and treatment data for Iceland.
2.2. Classification system

EU waste classification.
2.3. Coverage - sector

All major NACE sectors.
2.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Statistics based on data collected by Iceland Environmental Agency from Recycling Fund, municipal waste handlers and privately owned enterprices.
2.5. Statistical unit

Tonnes
2.6. Statistical population

Wole country
2.7. Reference area

Iceland
2.8. Coverage - Time

Yearly data.
2.9. Base period

2020


3. Statistical processing Top
3.1. Source data

Statistics based on data collected by Iceland Environmental Agency from Recycling Fund, municipal waste handlers and privately owned enterprices.
3.2. Frequency of data collection

Yearly
3.3. Data collection

Statistics based on data collected by Iceland Environmental Agency from Recycling Fund, municipal waste handlers and privately owned enterprices.
3.4. Data validation

Data is validated by the Icelandic Environment Agency. 
3.5. Data compilation

Data is compiled by the Icelandic Environment Agency. 
3.6. Adjustment

Statistics Iceland adjusts data from the Iceland Environmental Agency for delivery.


4. Quality management Top
4.1. Quality assurance

EU waste legislation and waste guidelines. 
4.2. Quality management - assessment

Statistics based on data collected and reviewed by Iceland Environmental Agency from Recycling Fund, municipal waste handlers and privately owned enterprices.


5. Relevance Top
5.1. Relevance - User Needs

Data is delivered to Eurostat and published online by the Iceland Environment Agency.
5.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Unknown.
5.3. Completeness

100%
5.3.1. Data completeness - rate

100%


6. Accuracy and reliability Top
6.1. Accuracy - overall

Statistics are based on official data with coverage of whole Iceland, so accuracy is very high.
6.2. Sampling error

not applicable.
6.2.1. Sampling error - indicators

not measured
6.3. Non-sampling error

not applicable.
6.3.1. Coverage error

not applicable.
6.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate

Full coverage of Iceland.
6.3.1.2. Common units - proportion

not applicable.
6.3.2. Measurement error

not applicable.
6.3.3. Non response error

not applicable.
6.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate

not applicable.
6.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate

n/a
6.3.4. Processing error

unknown
6.3.4.1. Imputation - rate

None.
6.3.5. Model assumption error

not applicable.
6.4. Seasonal adjustment

not applicable.
6.5. Data revision - policy

Data is revised when needed. 
6.6. Data revision - practice

not known
6.6.1. Data revision - average size

not applicable.


7. Timeliness and punctuality Top
7.1. Timeliness

Time lag of data dissemination is 2 years, as stipulated by EU waste legislation. 
7.1.1. Time lag - first result

Time lag of data dissemination is 2 years, as stipulated by EU waste legislation. 
7.1.2. Time lag - final result

Time lag of data dissemination is 2 years, as stipulated by EU waste legislation. 
7.2. Punctuality

Time lag of data dissemination is 2 years, as stipulated by EU waste legislation. 
7.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication

Usually on time.


8. Coherence and comparability Top
8.1. Comparability - geographical

100%
8.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient

unknown
8.2. Comparability - over time

Continuous since 2015
8.2.1. Length of comparable time series

Data series was last refined in 2015. 
8.3. Coherence - cross domain

Good coherence.
8.4. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

not applicable.
8.5. Coherence - National Accounts

Not measured
8.6. Coherence - internal

Very good, 100%


9. Accessibility and clarity Top
9.1. Dissemination format - News release

Web page of the Iceland Environment Agency, www.ust.is
9.2. Dissemination format - Publications

None
9.3. Dissemination format - online database

PX tables at the web of Statistics Iceland as well as data web at Eurostat.
9.3.1. Data tables - consultations

Same as other users
9.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

As stipulated by the Iceland Environment Agency. Statistics Iceland does not allow access to microdata. 
9.5. Dissemination format - other

not applicable.
9.6. Documentation on methodology

None apart from quality reports to Eurostat.
9.7. Quality management - documentation

not applicable.
9.7.1. Metadata completeness - rate

not applicable.
9.7.2. Metadata - consultations

not applicable.


10. Cost and Burden Top

Most basic data is collected by the Iceland Environment Agency from the Recycling fund, municipal waste handlers and private enterprices, so the costs are mostly borne by these. 


11. Confidentiality Top
11.1. Confidentiality - policy

Waste data is generally official data
11.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Working databases are not openly available. 


12. Comment Top

When transformint WasteTRT  data provided by the Icelandic Environment Agencyto WasteGEN we use an old indexing method from 2014 based on waste quantities and waste classes used by municipal waste handlers and private enterprices at that time. This method of projecting data is quite incomplete and the Environment Agency is working on a new method. 


Related metadata Top
env_wasgt_esms - Waste generation and treatment


Annexes Top