Municipal Waste Data Monitoring and Reporting: Interim Guidelines

5 CONCLUSION
The Interim Guidelines presented in this report have been developed in
conjunction with the Data Monitoring and Reporting Taskforce.
The Interim Guidelines describe the key primary and secondary waste
management KPIs that have been developed and the methodology for
determining them. The report also contains step-by-step guidelines for the
development of a waste data monitoring and reporting system and further
provides details of the methodology to be adopted by the Waste Management
Groups in reporting waste data for the annual review to be carried out in
March/April 2003.
A Performance Indicators Working Group, involving the DOE Local
Government Branch and representatives from the District Councils, is
reviewing the list of Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPIs) currently used
by District Councils to demonstrate best value. The Department are keen to
standardise waste management performance indicators to minimise
unnecessary reporting workloads for District Councils and employment of
appropriate indicators of performance. The Performance Indicators Working
Group are considering the list of KPIs for incorporation into BVPIs.
The Department acknowledge that implementation of these guidelines and
development of procedures to govern the collection, recording and
monitoring will take time and that gaps will exist in waste data reports
initially. The Interim Guidelines provide an opportunity for the Waste
Management Groups and District Councils to put in place the necessary
systems for gathering data and to identify potential difficulties in obtaining
information essential to meet minimum reporting requirements. These
minimum requirements will be confirmed in the final Reporting Guidelines to
be issued in December 2003.
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