Forfás publishes waste report

FORFÁS has published its first Waste Management Benchmarking Report, assessing Ireland’s performance in enterprise across indicators such as waste treatment options, costs and capacity.

Of the countries surveyed, Ireland has the highest municipal waste generation per capita of the countries surveyed with 777kg.

It has the highest waste management costs for non-hazardous landfill and biological waste treatment. Recycling costs and hazardous waste treatment costs are also higher than most competitor countries because of Ireland’s reliance on export markets for the treatment of recyclable materials.