Support to Member States in improving hazardous waste management based on assessment of Member States' performance Planning, classification, labelling, record keeping, collection and treatment – managing hazardous waste is firmly regulated by the EU. A consortium led by BIPRO is analysing Member States’ performance in its now second project for DG Environment. Prognos takes part as statistical expert. Based on an overall performance analysis, in-depth country specific analyses are carried out for selected countries to identify challenges and best practises as a basis for the recommendations. In the second project the researchers focus their analysis on the waste management of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Author: Bärbel Birnstengel