In 2005, the site accepted 460,000 tonnes of controlled waste including municipal, commercial and industrial waste. This is around 1,700 tonnes per day.
The total tonnage of waste dumped since 1975 is about 10 million.
The average depth of waste is 20 metres, that's the height of a three-storey building.
An average of 400 waste vehicles accessed the site daily.
The most number of vehicles to access the site in one day is 960.
The site accepted waste from Belfast City Council as well as ten other councils.
Some 20 hectares of land in the northern section were capped in 2005 with 128,000 tones of clay and 120,000 tons of sub-soil.
A total of some 110 hectares of land in the northern section have been capped and a further 100 acres are yet to be capped.
Site consolidation in the southern section has so far required the importation of 775,000 tonnes of rock and clay.
Internal road construction has required the importation of 185,000 tonnes of rock.
34 kilometres of sea defences have been constructed.
At its peak, the volume of landfill gas produced could be enough to generate five million watts per hour of green electricity for a period of up to 20 years, which will power about 6,000 homes.
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