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Waste Manag. 2013 May;33(5):1047-56. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.12.017. Epub 2013 Mar 1.
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.
《废物框架指令（WFD-2008/98/EC）》规定了明确的废物预防程序，包括报告、审查、监测和评估。基于 WFD，欧盟委员会将通过最佳实践的指导方针和信息共享，为成员国提供如何制定废物预防计划的支持。监测和评估废物预防活动至关重要，因为它们是使国家和地方各级决策者制定战略计划并确保废物预防措施有效并实现行为改变的主要手段。然而，如何衡量不存在的东西仍然是一个重要且未解决的研究问题。本文回顾并尝试评估目前用于衡量家庭层面废物预防和相关实施活动影响的方法，因为可用数据仍然有限。
