Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 July 2016
256. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of household waste collected which is sent to landfill as well as the tonnages of household waste collected which is sent to landfill, by each local authority in tabular form. [23542/16]
View answerWhile my Department does not collect this type of information at a local authority level, general information on percentages of waste disposed of by landfilling nationally may be obtained from the Environmental Protection Agency website at the following link: http://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/waste/stats/.
The latest figures available indicate that Ireland remains on track to achieve the mid-July 2016 target of reducing its bio-degradable municipal waste going to landfills to 35% of the total quantity (by weight) of biodegradable municipal waste produced in 1995 (equivalent to a target of 427,000 tonnes).
