Environmental statistics
DAERA produces a number of statistical reports on the Environment covering a range of topics including water pollution, air pollution, municipal waste management statistics, beaches, and carrier bags levy statistics. Environmental statistics published by DAERA can be found by using the links below.
Environmental Statistics Report
A range of environmental statistics are published in the compendium Northern Ireland environmental statistics report.
Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste Statistics
Information on the quantities of local authority collected (LAC) municipal waste managed in Northern Ireland. An interactive dashboards relating to Local authority collected municipal waste statistics is also available in the Interactive statistics hub.
Carrier Bag Levy Statistics
These statistics provide information on the number of carrier bags dispensed each financial year under the carrier bag levy in Northern Ireland
Water Quality Statistics
Information is provided on the assesment of Northern Ireland water environment in relation to the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
Air Quality Statistics
Summary information on key air quality monitoring results and analysis from data collected by automatic monitoring stations
Environmental impacts of COVID-19 - management information
DAERA dashboard created to consider the environmental impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on a variety of metrics