The specific objectives were to: (i) introduce a waste sampling and sorting methodology involving a tiered list of waste fractions (e.g. a sequential subdivision of fractions at three levels),(ii) apply this methodology in a concrete sampling campaign characterising RHW from 10 individual sub-areas located in three different municipalities, (iii) evaluate the methodology based on statistical analysis of the obtained waste datasets for the 10 subareas, focusing on the influence of stratification criteria and sorting procedures (e.g. the influence of sorting of food waste packaging on other packaging materials), and (iv) identify potential trends
among sub-areas in source-segregation efficiencies.