Construction and Demolition Waste Data Archive
Construction and demolition (C&D) waste includes all the waste produced by the construction and demolition of buildings and road infrastructure. It contains a wide variety of materials such as: metal waste, segregated wood, glass & plastic, brick, tile & gypsum, bituminous mixtures, mixed C&D waste, soils, stones & dredging spoil, and C&D waste treatment residues .
C&D waste has consistently been the largest waste stream in Ireland in terms of both volume and weight and accounts for more than a third of all waste generated in the EU1.
National end of waste (for recycled aggregates) and by-product (for road plannings) decisions, beginning in 2023, will help to establish reliable and safe markets for recyclable materials, reduce the use of virgin materials and prevent construction wastes generation.
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Table 1. Construction and Demolition tables
year Total Construction and Demolition waste (C&D) generated (t) Total Construction and Demolition waste (C&D) collected (t) C&D metal collected (t) C&D Segragated wood, glass & plastic (t) C&D Concrete, brick, tile & gypsum (t) C&D Bituminous mixtures (t) Mixed C&D waste (t) C&D Soils, stones & dredging spoil (t) Total C&D treated (t) Total C&D waste recycled (t) Total C&D waste to Energy Recovery (t) Total C&D waste to Backfilling (t) Total C&D waste to Landfill Disposal (t) 2004 11,167,599 2005 14,931,486 2006 16,819,904 2007 17,791,745 2008 13,500,000 2009 5,093,666 2010 3,464,683 2011 3,003,691 2012 2013 2014 3,313,858 3,313,858 452,266 866 2,789,552 71,174 2015 2016 2017 4,749,700 182,000 18,900 312,500 40,700 368,500 3,827,100 2018 6,219,541 179,043 23,068 755,526 60,759 414,984 4,786,162 6,186,485 523,534 19,034 5,498,268 145,649 2019 8,825,130 190,904 30,423 608,746 113,454 393,247 7,488,357 8,745,584 596,200 34,296 7,208,763 906,324 2020 8,228,404 199,392 52,131 524,605 127,681 377,963 6,946,632 8,105,982 651,215 38,689 6,628,875 787,203 2021 9,043,749 257,558 31,946 608,235 87,343 362,380 7,696,287 9,043,749 679,208 26,098 7,713,738 624,705 2022 8,267,813 206,851 54,101 616,687 104,270 544,415 6,741,489 8,267,814 816,943 146,931 6,683,870 620,070 2023 9,042,402 212,700 68,694 613,054 121,412 679,762 7,346,781 8,865,991 944,214 203,735 6,655,248 1,062,794 Open in Excel: Construction and Demolition Data Archive Summary Excel (XLS 11KB)
Open in CSV : Construction and Demolition Data Archive Summary CSV (CSV 1KB)
For more information see: Construction & Demolition | Environmental Protection Agency (epa.ie)
1. There are no data available from 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, or 2017.