Ireland
Legal system
EPR system
Impacts on health and on the environment
Technological innovations
Main ELT management organisation
Circol ELT
Opportunities and drivers
ELT treatment
- High increases especially in energy recovery post pandemic. The spike in energy recovery in the last two years of data (2022/2023) was due to rising electricity costs which made it harder for material recyclers to compete with the cement industry.
- Significant fluctuations for material recovery values, i.e., between -60% and +124%.
Major changes in legislation/policy since 2016
Barriers and challenges
ELT Data:
Metric kilotons
%
Total Generated
39.1
100.0%
Material Recovery
25.9
66.0%
Civil Engineering Applications
0.0
-
Energy Recovery
13.2
34.0%
No Recovery
0.0
-
Backfilling
0.0
-
Incineration
0.0
-
Landfill Includes Stockpiled
0.0
-
Unknown
0.0
-
Total recovery (material + energy)
39.1
100.0%
Total collected (coverage of data)
39.1
100.0%