Northern Ireland (NI) local authority collected (LAC) municipal waste management statistics show NI councils collected 249,575 tonnes of waste from July to September 2022, a 9.5% decrease compared to July to September 2021.
Provisional Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics for July to September 2022 have been published by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
The statistical report is updated quarterly and contains provisional information on key measurements of LAC municipal waste for councils and waste management groups in Northern Ireland.
Key points from the statistics include the landfill rate for waste collected by councils was 22.8% in July to September 2022, a fall from both 71.8% in July to September 2006 and 23.7% recorded during July to September 2021.
During July to September 2022, 51.5% of waste collected by councils was sent for recycling, 0.8 percentage points lower than the recycling rate for July to September 2021.
Almost a quarter (24.4%) of waste arisings were sent for energy recovery in July to September 2022, which was higher than the 21.7% reported in July to September 2021. Household waste accounted for 86.5% of all LAC waste during this period.
The recycling rate for household waste was 52.9% in July to September 2022 and the landfill rate for household waste was 21.8%, which was lower than the landfill rate of 23.5% recorded in July to September 2021.
All figures are provisional until the final end-year validation has been completed. An annual report with fully validated figures for 2022/23 is scheduled for November 2023.
