Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics

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These reports present information on the quantities of local authority collected (LAC) municipal waste managed in Northern Ireland. They provide information on the quantities and rates of LAC waste arising, sent for preparing for reuse, for dry recycling, composting, energy recovery and sent to landfill.

What are local authority collected municipal waste management statistics?

Local authority collected municipal waste data relate to all waste which is collected under arrangements made by a council. The purpose of these statistics is to report on the key measurements of LAC municipal waste for councils and waste management groups in Northern Ireland.

The quarterly publications are released in October, January, April and July each year. They report provisional figures on the key measurements of LAC municipal waste for councils and waste management groups in Northern Ireland.

The annual reports are released in late November / early December each year. They provide final validated information which is used to assess progress towards achieving LAC municipal waste targets. As targets are set for an annual period, care should be taken when comparing quarterly figures against targets.

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Northern Ireland Local Authority Collected Waste Statistics

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NI LAC municipal waste management statistics time series dataset

Publications

2024/25

Note: From the October to December 2011 release, the publication was renamed to reflect that it reports on local authority collected municipal waste only.

2010/11

NI municipal waste management statistics 2010/11 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
NI municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2011
NI municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2010
NI municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2010
NI municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2010

2009/10

NI municipal waste management statistics 2009/10 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
NI municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2010
NI municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2009
NI municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2009
NI municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2009

Data Quality Report - Administrative Data Source

Data Quality Report - Administrative Data Source - Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics

Materials collected for preparation for reuse and recycling including composting at Civic Amenity Sites

Materials collected for preparation for reuse and recycling including composting at NI Local Authority Civic Amenity Sites - Time Series Data

Next update

Provisional estimates will be updated quarterly.

Annual data for 2024/25 are scheduled to be published in November 2025.

The scheduled dates for all upcoming publications are available from the GOV.UK statistics release calendar.

GOV.UK statistics release calendar

Contact us

Responsible statistician: Conor McCormack

Tel: +44 (0)28 9016 3346

Email: env.stats@daera-ni.gov.uk

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Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics

What are local authority collected municipal waste management statistics?

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Time Series Dataset

Publications

2024/25

2023/24

2022/23

2021/22

2020/21

2019/20

2018/19

2017/18

2016/17

2015/16

2014/15

2013/14

2012/13

2011/12