Municipal waste recycling in Ireland is 14% below its target.
Ireland will miss EU targets on recycling unless changes are made to our waste industry.
The Circular Economy and Waste Statistics Highlights Report from the EPA shows that municipal waste recycling in Ireland stood at 41%, far lower than the 55% needed by 2025.
The report has also found there's a strong regional variation in terms of households with an organic bin.
Just over a quarter of midlands households have an organic bin - the figure is 42% in Laois, followed by 24% in Offaly and 16% in Westmeath.
Warren Phelan from the EPA says we're creating far too much waste in the first instance:
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