Household Waste
Household waste is generated in every home in the southeast. It composes of kitchen waste such as vegetable skins, drinks cans, bottles and cartons and other waste items from around the house. On average, every household in Ireland produces a tonne of waste per year.
In the southeast region waste collection providers operate a minimum of a 2 bin system for domestic households. One bin is for residual waste destined to landfill and the other for dry recyclables. Areas of Waterford City and County and some private contractors in the region operate a three bin system and collects organic waste in a third bin. The third bin will be rolled out throughout the region in the near future.
Composition of Mixed Residual Household Waste*
| Waste Type | Total % |
|---|---|
| Organics | 32 |
| Paper and Cardboard | 16.1 |
| Textiles | 15.7 |
| Plastic | 13.6 |
| Glass | 3.3 |
| Ferrous | 1.5 |
| Aluminium | 1.4 |
| Wood | 1.2 |
| Other Metals | 0.1 |
| Other | 15.1 |
| Total | 100 |
Composition of Mixed Dry Recyclable household Waste*
| Waste Type | Total % |
|---|---|
| Paper and Cardboard | 69.4 |
| Plastic | 15.4 |
| Ferrous | 2.4 |
| Glass | 2.3 |
| Organics | 1.6 |
| Aluminium | 1.5 |
| Textiles | 1.5 |
| Wood | 0.3 |
| Other metals | 0.1 |
| Other | 5.5 |
| Total | 100 |
Tonnes of Household Waste Recycled and Landfilled in the South East Retion*
| County | Tonnages of Household |
Tonnages of Household Waste Recycled |
Tonnage of Organic Waste Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 12,932 |
1,175 |
0 |
| Kilkenny | 10,243 |
3,396 |
0 |
| Waterford City | 7,381 |
2,771 |
3,976 |
| Waterford County | 8,966 |
3,561 |
2,123 |
| Wexford | 23,229 |
7,824 |
0 |
| South Tipperary | 16,787 |
6,626 |
0 |
*EPA National Report 2007