Municipal Waste Data Archive

Municipal waste is made up of household waste and commercial waste that is similar to household waste. The EPA has an obligation under the Waste Framework Directive to compile and reports data on how much municipal waste is generated and how it is treated annually¹.
Our national municipal waste data releases are based on information compiled in line with European rules. Please note that those rules changed for reporting year 2020.

Figure 1

Year	Municipal waste managed (tonnes)	Municipal waste generated (tonnes)	Disposal to landfill (tonnes)	Energy Recovery (tonnes)	Compost and Anaerobic Digestion (tonnes)	Materials Recycled excluding compost (tonnes)	Municipal Waste Generated per capita (kg) rounded, based on CSO population estimates
2001	2,376,072		1,992,050		22,000	283,554
2002	2,471,617		1,901,864		34,000	462,905
2003	2,630,592		1,832,624		40,000	686,763
2004	2,773,264		1,818,536		49,580	835,488
2005	2,837,774		1,824,066		47,800	876,227
2006	3,209,132		1,980,618		55,350	1,064,342
2007	3,299,704		2,014,797		78,620	1,081,147
2008	3,103,820		1,938,712	88,574	106,670	976,862
2009	2,824,977		1,723,705	111,000	88,100	902,222
2010	2,580,434	2,846,115	1,495,565	109,000	107,000	910,000	620
2011	2,546,577	2,823,242	1,344,008	196,000	157,000	861,000	620
2012	2,478,337	2,692,537	1,027,577	427,093	156,212	828,492	590
2013
2014	2,575,218	2,619,023	536,530	893,030	180,017	863,172	560
2015
2016	2,718,299	2,763,166	710,805	810,612	189,874	935,250	580
2017	2,723,543	2,768,043	622,882	880,849	246,341	871,855	580
2018	2,865,207	2,912,353	418,029	1,243,310	245,482	851,294	600
2019	3,036,992	3,085,652	471,594	1,412,589	295,314	857,793	620
2020	3,181,120	3,210,220	517,301	1,352,727	351,204	959,100	640
2021	3,144,788	3,170,388	504,305	1,312,957	487,594	824,969	620
2022	3,151,154	3,190,824	459,295	1,364,104	480,345	825,669	620

Open in Excel: Municipal Data Archive Summary excel (XLS 11KB)

Open in CSV : Municipal Data Archive Summary CSV (CSV 1KB)

For more information see: Municipal | Environmental Protection Agency (epa.ie)

1. There are no data available from 2013 or 2015.