To ensure that preparing for re-use and recycling targets are based on reliable and comparable data and to enable a more effective monitoring of progress in attaining those targets, the definition of municipal waste in Directive 2008/98/EC should be in line with the definition used for statistical purposes by Eurostat and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), on the basis of which Member States have been reporting data for several years.
Chun a áirithiú go bhfuil spriocanna maidir le hullmhú d’athúsáid agus athchúrsáil bunaithe ar shonraí iontaofa agus inchomparáide agus chun faireachán níos éifeachtaí a chumasú i mbaint amach na spriocanna sin, ba cheart an sainmhíniú ar dhramhaíl chathrach a bheith i gcomhréir leis an sainmhíniú a úsáideann Eurostat agus an Eagraíocht um Chomhar agus Forbairt Eacnamaíochta (ECFE) chun críocha staidrimh, ar ar a bhonn atá na Ballstáit ag tuairisciú sonraí le roinnt blianta anuas.