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Waste Emission Points

Name: Waste Emission Points
Creator: ckan

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This dataset provides the geographic locations of emission points at waste facilities in Ireland, including sites that are EPA-licensed, have applications pending, or have been closed. It is maintained in connection with Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency licensing processes. Users should note a time lag between when an emission point receives its licence and when it is subsequently reflected in this dataset. The data supports identification and mapping of waste-related emission sources across the country for environmental monitoring and licensing-related purposes.The location of emission points from Waste facilities (EPA Licensed, applied, closed etc.) In terms of usage of this dataset please note that there is a period of time between when an emission points is licensed and when it appears in this dataset.

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Data schema (16 fields)

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Field	Type	Description
Site_NameSite name	string	—
EMEP_RefEmep ref	string	—
STATUS	short	—
Status_YearStatus year	string	—
ALTITUDE_MAltitude m	decimal	—
LATITUDELatitude	decimal	—
LONGITUDELongitude	decimal	—
EASTING	decimal	—
NORTHING	decimal	—
Shape	geometry	—
id	int	—
Name	string	—
Year	int	—
Min_	decimal	—
Max_	decimal	—
Range	string	—

Schema captured from ckan 24 days ago.

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Sample data (3 records)

Record 1STATUS: 1 · EASTING: 45999.35929999

{
  "STATUS": 1,
  "EASTING": 45999.35929999,
  "EMEP_Ref": "IE0001R",
  "LATITUDE": 51.937167,
  "NORTHING": 78427.7236,
  "LONGITUDE": -10.24,
  "Site_Name": "Valentia Observatory  ",
  "ALTITUDE_M": 11,
  "Status_Year": "1980 to present"
}

Record 2STATUS: 2 · EASTING: 307381.4955

{
  "STATUS": 2,
  "EASTING": 307381.4955,
  "EMEP_Ref": "IE0002R",
  "LATITUDE": 53.035333,
  "NORTHING": 199459.3747,
  "LONGITUDE": -6.4,
  "Site_Name": "Turlough Hill    ",
  "ALTITUDE_M": 420,
  "Status_Year": "1991 to 2002"
}

Record 3STATUS: 2 · EASTING: 126196.9751

{
  "STATUS": 2,
  "EASTING": 126196.9751,
  "EMEP_Ref": "IE0003R",
  "LATITUDE": 53,
  "NORTHING": 194894.91259999,
  "LONGITUDE": -9.1,
  "Site_Name": "The Burren ",
  "ALTITUDE_M": 90,
  "Status_Year": "1997 to 1992"
}

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Query examples

curl -s 'https://data.gov.ie/api/3/action/package_show?id=waste-emission-points' -H 'Accept: application/json'

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Dataset

Volume & freshness

Update cadence

Irregular

declared upstream

Last upstream update

25 days ago

2026-07-23

License

No license declared upstream.

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Distributions (2)

WMS GetMap

http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=EPA:WST_EmissionPts&styles=&bbox=-0.0010000001839128,-1.0E-8,328695.0065739,427957.0088591395&width=589&height=768&srs=EPSG:29902&format=image%2Fpng

wms●

GeoJSON

http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=EPA:WST_EmissionPts&maxFeatures=50&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&srsName=EPSG:4326

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