Household Waste Data Archive

Household waste includes general waste, recyclable waste and organic waste¹ collected directly from households and waste brought by householders to waste collection centres such as bring banks, civic amenity sites, and pay-to-use compactors.

Figure 1

Year	Est. total generated household waste (tonnes)	Est. unmanaged household waste (tonnes)	Total managed household waste in Ireland (t)	Household waste per capita (kg/person)	General waste collected - black bin (t)	Mixed dry recyclables collected - green or blue bin (t)	Organic waste collected - brown bin (t)
2010			1,420,706	312
2011			1,406,576	307
2012			1,362,900	297
2013			1,398,156	303
2014			1,426,123	307
2015			1,416,444	302	700,911	254,254	102,003
2016			1,450,727	306	681,027	253,328	112,464
2017			1,495,210	311	661,101	253,658	129,081
2018	1,571,700	47,307	1,528,890	313	675,764	249,227	137,032
2019	1,622,008	48,660	1,573,348	317	634,825	243,548	159,385
2020	1,885,397	31,700	1,853,697	369	722,911	267,590	199,823
2021	1,837,215	25,700	1,811,515	357	699,961	263,939	208,719
2022	1,800,592	36,970	1,763,622	340	711,463	256,517	197,518

Open in Excel: Household Waste Data Archive Summary Excel (XLS 9KB)

Open in CSV : Household Waste Data Archive Summary CSV (CSV 1KB)

For more Household data from after 2022, see the National Waste Collection Permit Office website.

1. There are no data available on the three-bin breakdown (general waste, recyclable waste and organic waste) for household waste prior to 2015.