Methodology for the Analysis of Solid Waste
This guideline describes a representative sampling and manually sorting approach in order to analyse the composition (plastic, organic, paper..) and the produced quantity of residual solid waste.
The following parts are included in the guideline:
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Guideline describing the planning and execution of an analysis of solid waste
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Sorting catalogue including specified waste categories
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Reporting guideline to get common reports in order to compare waste analysis results
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Excel tables for the evaluation of the analyzing results
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One of the main features of this guideline is user-friendliness.
Download SWA Methodology (PDF, 617Kb) and the SWA Tool Evaluation Sheets (Excel, 79Kb).
DEWA – Database for the evaluation of waste analyses
DEWA has been set up within the 5th framework EU project ‘Development of a methodological tool to enhance the precision and comparability of solid waste analysis data – S.W.A.-Tool’.
The database system DEWA provides practical support for the evaluation of waste analyses, according to the proposed methodology of the S.W.A.-Tool for carrying out waste analyses.
The prerequisite for the use of DEWA is that the waste analysis to be evaluated has been conducted in compliance with the S.W.A.-Tool methodology. This means in particular that the waste sample has to consist of a set of randomly selected sampling units of similar size and that sorting results are available for each sampling unit.
Download the Manual of the DEWA Database (PDF, 245Kb).
The installation CD-ROM for the DEWA database system can be requested from: office@ic-vienna.at.
More information on the SWA-Tool and DEWA is available from iC consulenten Ziviltechniker GmbH at: www.swa-tool.net
