The questionnaire includes 3 sections:

• the first part requires background information relating to the scope of the survey (activity, numbers);

• the second part requires qualitative information on waste management and the importance of environmental concerns for the establishment. This provides qualitative insight into the figures required in the third part:

• the third part requires tonnages according to the type of waste, as well as information on its collection and its processing. It is broken down into three sub-sections on non-hazardous slurry and organic waste, mixed non-hazardous waste,  and non-hazardous sorted waste.

The survey covers the establishment of 10 employees or more and establishments with NAF code belonging to sections B, C, D.

The sample is approximately as big as 10,000 units including 1,850 units belonging to the Food industries.

The survey covers Metropolitan France and the overseas departments.