IE · 2012 · env_wasmun
Municipal waste by waste management operations
Ireland, 2012
In 2012, Ireland's municipal waste by waste management operations decreased by 5.0% compared to 2011, reaching 585.0.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 487.0.
Ireland ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 24.2% (from 772.0 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset env_wasmun, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.