Packaging Data Archive

Packaging comes with the products we buy for our homes and businesses. It protects them during transport, keeps them fresh and provides product information. Once the products are unpacked, the packaging become waste.

Figure 1

Year	Total Packaging Waste Generated excluding wood repair (t)	Plastic Packaging Waste generated (t)	Total Packaging Recycled excluding wood repair (t)	Plastic Packaging Recycled (t)
2012	809,501	168,582	599,015	68,147
2013	870,109	205,310	610,397	82,266
2014	969,423	276,309	662,158	97,824
2015	983,384	282,148	664,119	95,890
2016	991,298	275,510	663,791	98,238
2017	1,038,308	280,673	681,164	94,889
2018	1,012,709	264,017	637,832	81,901
2019	1,124,917	319,082	691,099	88,833
2020	1,118,596	306,325	690,817	89,056
2021	1,238,838	372,819	719,606	104,193
2022	1,207,931	344,878	724,484	110,842
2023	1,185,195	353,388	698,869	104,446
The CEWS team is working to collate a more detailed breakdown of comparible year-on-year packaging waste data, which will be made availiable in the future.

Open in Excel: Packaging Waste Data Excel (XLS 10KB)

Open in CSV : Packaging Waste Data CSV (CSV 9KB)

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