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Waste Facility Boundaries

Name: Waste Facility Boundaries
Creator: ckan

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This dataset provides the boundary geometries of waste facilities across Ireland that are, or are in the process of being, licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is published as part of Ireland's national open-data portal and covers facility sites subject to EPA waste licensing regulation nationwide. The data can be used to identify the spatial extent of licensed and prospective waste-handling sites, supporting mapping, environmental assessment, and regulatory monitoring of waste management infrastructure across the country.Boundaries of all waste Facilities within Ireland that are or are going to be licensed by the EPA.

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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 22 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-facility-boundaries' -H 'Accept: application/json'

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Update cadence

Irregular

declared upstream

Last upstream update

22 days ago

2026-07-25

License

No license declared upstream.

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Distributions (3)

WMS GetMap

http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=EPA:WASTE_Boundary&styles=&bbox=48143.54339999985,33646.14479999989,328826.3739,427982.88010000065&width=546&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:WASTE_Boundary&maxFeatures=50&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&srsName=EPSG:4326

json

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http://gis.epa.ie/GetData/Download

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