- Name
- (a) Hazardous waste generated per capita; and (b) proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment.
- Abstract
- The indicator includes hazardous generated, hazardous waste generated by type (including e-waste as a sub-indicator) and the proportion of hazardous waste treated. For the e-waste sub-category, United Nations University is a co-custodian.
- Contact organization / person
- Department of Environment
Belize Solid Waste Management Authority
- Unit of measure
- Hazardous waste generated (in tonnes)
Percentage (%)
- Other characteristics
- Hazardous waste generated (in tonnes, per km sq of land area and per capita): Hazardous waste collected + Hazardous waste given by generator to treatment or disposal facilities + Estimation of Unaccounted for hazardous waste
Hazardous waste generated by type, including e-waste: A breakdown of hazardous waste generated by the key type of waste, including e-waste
Proportion of hazardous waste treated: Quantity of hazardous waste treated during reporting year/quantity of hazardous waste generated x 100
- Classification used
- Hazardous waste is waste with properties that make it hazardous or capable of having a harmful effect on human health or the environment. Hazardous waste is generated from many sources, ranging from industrial manufacturing process waste to domestic items such as batteries and may come in many forms, including liquids, solids, gases, and sludge. They can be discarded as commercial products, like cleaning fluids or pesticides or the by-products of manufacturing processes, from Basel Convention (Article 1, paragraph 1(a)). Waste listed in Annex VIII of the Basel Convention is presumed to be hazardous, while waste listed in Annex IX is presumed not to be hazardous. For the purpose of this indicator, due to comparability reasons, additional waste considered hazardous as per national definitions, as provided by the Basel Convention under Article 1, paragraph 1 (b), are excluded.
Hazardous waste generated refers to the quantity of hazardous waste (as per the definition above) that is generated within the country during the reported year, prior to any activity such as collection, preparation for reuse, treatment, recovery, including recycling, or export, no matter the destination of this waste. In case waste that is not covered under the above definition, but is defined as, or is considered to be a hazardous waste by national definitions are included in the “hazardous waste generated” amount, a specific note should be added specifying the additional types/streams of hazardous waste included as well as their quantities. The hazardous waste generated should be reported as a total amount generated during the year, as well as by its distribution among wide categories of economic activities and by households. The economic included in the scope of hazardous waste:
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing (ISIC 01-03)
Mining and quarrying (ISIC 05-09)
Manufacturing (ISIC 10-33)
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (ISIC 35)
Construction (ISIC 41-43)
Other economic activities excluding ISIC 38
- Disaggregation
- Disaggregation by ISIC codes. Information on the generation and treatment of hazardous waste could be collected from industry or municipal level and treatment/disposal facilities.
Disaggregation by type of landfill. As there is a significant difference between landfilling in controlled and uncontrolled landfills, further disaggregation on this type of treatment could be analyzed.
Disaggregation by type of treatment per each generating sector;
Disaggregation by type of recycling operation (R2 to R12 from Basel convention Annex IV).
Disaggregation by territorial division. Information on the hazardous waste generated can significantly vary throughout the territory of a country as there might be hotspots of hazardous waste generation, concentrated around industry intensive areas.
- Key statistical concepts
- 𝐻𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 = ℎ𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠 + ℎ𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 + 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓ℎ𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑
Proportion of hazardous waste treated (%) = 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 ∗ × 100 /𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟
- Other comments
- All the metadata shown in this document was gathered from United Nation Statistics Division. The metadata was extracted from https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/.
- Target 2020
- 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
