Published waste data

The following page contains reports and information regarding Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste data, the Northern Ireland Landfill Allowance Scheme (NILAS) and the WasteDataFlow web reporting system.

Annual local authority collected municipal waste reports

This annual report provides both summary and detailed figures on local authority collected municipal waste in Northern Ireland in the given reporting year, as well as trend data over the last number of years. The data is broken down by waste management groups and district councils.

Annual reports can be viewed on the DAERA publications section of this website using the below link.

Annual NILAS reports

Each annual NILAS report covers a scheme year of the Landfill Allowance Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004 (as amended) and summarises district council and landfill compliance with the scheme during the scheme year. 

The reports can be viewed on the DAERA publications section of this website using the below link.

Quarterly data

The Northern Ireland Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste Management statistics is a quarterly report which contains summary information on the key measurements of local authority collected municipal waste, for the district councils and waste management groups in Northern Ireland.  

Quarterly data is published on a provisional basis and you can view the quartery data on the DAERA publications section of this website using the below link.

WasteDataFlow

Local authorities (District Councils) in Northern Ireland are required to report data on local authority collected municipal waste arisings on a quarterly basis as per Regulation 10 (5) of the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004.  

The data for each quarter must be submitted to the monitoring authority (NIEA) within 2 months of the end of the relevant quarter.  Submission is via a web based system called WasteDataFlow.

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