Research and statistics

A methodology and spreadsheet system used by the Environment Agency to assess radiation doses to people and wildlife.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 2 November 2022

Data on compliance ratings, pollution inventory, pollution incidents, enforcement and waste crime for 2021.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Environment Agency data on business environmental performance
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 November 2022

A report by the Committee on the implications of an inshore location for the delivery of a GDF.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
• Updated: 28 October 2022

A review and assessment of the potential construction and operational costs for a geological disposal facility.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
• Updated: 28 October 2022

This is a quarterly publication which reports provisional figures on the key measurements of local authority collected municipal waste for councils and waste management groups in Northern Ireland.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
• Updated: 20 October 2022

New NWS report highlights significant and long-term opportunities for a local workforce and GDF to create more than 4,000 jobs within the first 25 years.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Nuclear Waste Services
• Updated: 29 September 2022

This publication reports on the number of carrier bags dispensed in the 2021/22 financial year under the Carrier Bag Levy in Northern Ireland.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
• Updated: 23 September 2022

This is a quarterly publication which reports provisional figures on the key measurements of local authority collected municipal waste for councils and waste management groups in Northern Ireland.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
• Updated: 28 July 2022

This report is the final update on Sellafield Ltd's Particles in the Environment Annual Report 2021.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Sellafield Ltd environmental and safety reports
• Organisation: Sellafield Ltd
• Updated: 6 June 2022

This publication reports on a range of environmental indicators for Northern Ireland and provides links to government strategies.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
• Updated: 26 May 2022

How radiation affects people, the consequences of a nuclear accident and the measures used to protect public health in the event of an accident.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Radiation incidents: public health preparedness and response
• Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 25 May 2022

This research aimed to understand how businesses handle plastic packaging as well as the potential impact of a new tax.  

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 9 May 2022

This is a quarterly publication which reports provisional figures on the key measurements of local authority collected municipal waste for councils and waste management groups in Northern Ireland.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
• Updated: 28 April 2022

A review and update of the methodology for evaluating the release fractions (RFs) for Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) impact accident scenarios.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Nuclear Waste Services
• Updated: 30 March 2022

Site characterisation supports the evaluation of the potential for sites to meet safety requirements for a GDF for UK’s higher-activity radioactive wastes.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Nuclear Waste Services
• Updated: 1 March 2022

We commission scientific research and development, worth several million pounds a year, to support waste management.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Nuclear Waste Services
• Updated: 31 January 2022

This is a quarterly publication which reports provisional figures on the key measurements of local authority collected municipal waste for councils and waste management groups in Northern Ireland.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
• Updated: 27 January 2022

Guidelines for screening the risks to soils from chemicals released through the landspreading of waste-derived materials

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 19 January 2022

The government’s approach to understanding the extent of litter and littering in England.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 13 January 2022

Environment Agency 2020 annual report on the environmental performance of regulated businesses in England and the work we do to regulate them.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Environment Agency data on business environmental performance
• Organisation: Environment Agency
• Updated: 29 December 2021