Litter Waste Characterisation Report 2024
Summary: This report presents the composition of the national public litter waste in Ireland in 2024. The profile was generated from a series of physical analysis of public litter waste streams. The report profiles the following waste streams: • Public street litter bins (20 03 99A) waste is litter placed by the public in designated public waste bins. • Local Authority (LA) Street litter sweeping activities (20 03 03), includes materials from suction vehicles and manual picking. • Other litter clean-up events, including some beach clean-ups (20 03 99B), is an organised activity focused on the removal of litter from a designated area, often conducted by volunteers in a community or environmental initiative.
