title: Measuring waste prevention.
abstract: The Waste Framework Directive (WFD-2008/98/EC) has set clear waste prevention procedures, including reporting, reviewing, monitoring and evaluating. Based on the WFD, the European Commission and will offer support to Member States on how to develop waste prevention programmes through guidelines and information sharing on best practices. Monitoring and evaluating waste prevention activities are critical, as they constitute the main tools to enable policy makers, at the national and local level, to build their strategic plans and ensure that waste prevention initiatives are effective and deliver behaviour change. However, how one can measure something that is not there, remains an important and unresolved research question. The paper reviews and attempts to evaluate the methods that are being used for measuring waste prevention and the impact of relevant implemented activities at the household level, as the available data is still limited.
authors: Cyprus Open University, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, Environmental Conservation and Management, P.O. Box 12794, 2252 Latsia, Nicosia, Cyprus. antonis.zorpas@ouc.ac.cy
authors: Antonis A
authors: AA
authors: Zorpas
authors: Katia
authors: K
authors: Lasaridi
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D003625:Data Collection; D005060:Europe; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods*