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  • Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics

    Topics:
    • Statistics, 
    • Resource & Waste Policy, 
    • Climate Change and Environment Statistics, 
    • Recycle

    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.

    Interactive Dashboard

    • Northern Ireland Local Authority Collected Waste Statistics

    Time Series Dataset

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics time series dataset

    Publications

    2024/25

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2024
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2024
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2024

    2023/24

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2023/24 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2024
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2023
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2023
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2023

    2022/23

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2022/23 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2023
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2022
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2022
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2022

    2021/22

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2021/22 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2022
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2021
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2021
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2021

    2020/21

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2020/21 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2021
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2020
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2020
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2020

    2019/20

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2019/20 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2020
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2019
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2019
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2019

    2018/19

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2018/19 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2019
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2018
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2018
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2018

    2017/18

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2017/18 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2018
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2017
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sept 2017
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2017

    2016/17

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2016/17 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2017
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2016
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sept 2016
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2016
    • User consultation on annual waste reports

    2015/16

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2015/16 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2016
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2015
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2015
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2015
    • User consultation on quarterly waste reports

    2014/15

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2014/15 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2015
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2014
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2014
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2014

    2013/14

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2013/14 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2014
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2013
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2013
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2013
    • Northern Ireland waste statistics user engagement summary paper

    2012/13

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2012/13 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2013
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2012
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2012
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2012

    2011/12

    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics 2011/12 annual report Finalised data - supersedes provisional quarterly estimates below.
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Jan to Mar 2012
    • NI LAC municipal waste management statistics Oct to Dec 2011
    • NI municipal waste management statistics Jul to Sep 2011
    • NI municipal waste management statistics Apr to Jun 2011

    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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