Compost and Anaerobic Digestion Data Archive
Compost waste is the treatment of organic waste material such as domestic food waste from the brown bin through aerobic composting at a waste facility.
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is the conversion of organic waste such as food processing waste and livestock slurry by micro-organisms in the absence of oxygen into biogas and liquid digestate.
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Table 1. Compost and Anaerobic Digestion
Year Municipal bio-waste (kitchen and canteen food waste, garden and park green waste, edible oils and fats) accepted for composting/anaerobic digestion in Ireland (tonnes) total tonnage collected for compost in Ireland* wet tonnage collected for compost in Ireland tonnage collected for compost in Ireland - EU submission** total tonnage collected for anaerobic digestion in Ireland* wet tonnage collected for anaerobic digestion in Ireland tonnage collected for anaerobic digestion in Ireland - EU submission** Total tonnage compost + anaerobic digestion in Ireland* Total wet tonnage compost + anaerobic digestion in Ireland tonnage compost + anaerobic digestion in Ireland - EU submission** 2005 48,000 2006 55,000 2007 79,000 2008 107,000 2009 88,000 2010 107,000 2011 157,000 2012 156,000 2013 158,000 2014 180,000 2015 194,000 2016 231,000 2017 246,000 280,927 120,397 401,324 2018 257,000 267,205 178,136 445,341 2019 295,000 290,445 237,637 528,082 2020 302,000 288,695 308,496 597,191 2021 332,000 292,378 303,176 595,554 2022 334,000 306,801 251,805 428,703 257,767 735,504 509,572 *Tonnages collected for compost and anaerobic digestion prior to 2022 are currently being validated by the CEWS team and are subject to change **EU Waste Statistic Regulations require sludges to be reported as dry tonnages, while all other waste types are reported as wet tonnages Open in Excel: Compost and Anaerobic Digestion Data Archive Summary Excel (XLS 10KB)
Open in CSV : Compost and Anaerobic Digestion Data Archive Summary CSV (CSV 1KB)
For more information see: Composting & Anaerobic | Environmental Protection Agency (epa.ie)