Farmer’s planning objection halts Glanbia’s €30m biorefinery project

Aiden Moore has appealed the planned biorefinery – which would transform dairy waste products into lactic acid, a building block for biodegradable plastics – to An Bord Pleanála, over fears that it would flood his land

A €30 million biorefinery plant that Glanbia wants to build in Tipperary has been held up by an objection from a Co Tipperary farmer over “unacceptable” flooding risk.

Aiden Moore has appealed the planned biorefinery – which would transform dairy waste products into lactic acid, a building block for biodegradable plastics – to An Bord Pleanála, over fears that it would flood his land.

According to Moore, when the site had been used ...