Number of Bring Banks:
In 1998 - 837
In 2005 - 1937
Number of Recycling Centres/Civic Amenity Centres:
In 1998 - 30
In 2005 - 81
Half million = the number of households with segregated collections ("green bins") for dry recyclables (2003 data).
Municipal Waste Recycling Rates
In 1998 - 9%
In 2005 - 35%
Packaging Waste Recovery Rates
In 1998 - 15%
In 2005 - 60%
1998-2005: Six-fold increase in the number of tonnes of waste recycled.
Export of Recyclable Material:
86% = amount of our waste we exported to Europe for recycling in 2005.
The Environmental Protection Agency Report on Waste for 2005 (published March 2007) is available at the EPA website at
www.epa.ie