Waste | Business Post

Ireland’s EU topping plastic waste creation needs to be tackled, expert says

The Business Post revealed that Ireland produces the highest amount of plastic waste per head in the EU, while having one of the worst recycling rates

Ireland has highest plastic waste per head in EU and one of lowest recycling rates

The latest Eurostat figures for 2020 show waste of 61kg per capita is nearly double the EU average at of 34kg per capita

Businesses in Dublin city told no more need for bin bags on streets following warning to waste companies

Waste collection services are to contact businesses shortly to provide BagBins, collapsible enclosures that protects bags of waste from being opened or causing a hazard

More than 70,000 households face new annual brown bin charge of €100

Panda has told customers that it is bringing in a new charge of €3.80 for each lift of a bin of organic waste from next month

Greyhound takes Dublin City Council to court over €10m Panda contract

Company alleges council contravened public procurement rules when opting for rival waste collection firm’s tender

Climate & Environment

Pace of government climate policy ‘out of step with worsening conditions’

Friends of the Earth said that while the government’s performance in the areas of nature and transport had improved from last year, there was a decline in performance in energy, climate, water, and buildings

Tipperary-based Trifol secures €3 million EU grant

Company transforming waste plastic into wax will use funds to expand production and develop centre of excellence at the site

Turmec eyes US acquisition as it aims for further expansion in waste recycling sector

Meath company has begun looking for American firms to buy after winning a €30 million Australian contract

Irish firm lands €30m contract to build world’s largest construction waste recycling facility

Turmec, a Meath-based provider of waste processing solutions, said it has won a major new contract to build a state-of-the-art construction waste processing facility in Australia

Brown bins for food waste could get a nationwide rollout

Some 500,000 households around the country do not have a brown bin as part of their waste collection service

Elkstone backs British firm’s unique waste-to-energy technology

Standard Gas plans to bring its carbon negative pyrolysis system to the Irish market after a funding raise of £18 million

Brosnan targets €500m sales with BHSL to build second multinational

The former Kerry Group titan sees huge opportunity in the water and waste solutions sector, and is making inroads with the acquisition of Glan Agua

Beauparc pays more than €20m for Monaghan waste company Exomex

Deal consolidates Beauparc’s status as largest waste management operator in Ireland, with a near 25% market share

Ireland’s waste processing capacity on a ‘knife-edge’

Summer floods have disrupted exports of excess to Europe as the reopening economy generates more waste

Ban sell-by dates on food to reduce waste, says former minister Bruton

Ireland generates 600kg of waste per person annually, 22 per cent more than the EU average

Ireland produces most plastic waste per person in EU

New statistics also show that this country has the fourth-lowest recycling rate of plastics in the European Union

State unable to recover €50 million cost of cleaning up hazardous Naas landfill

The Kerdiffstown landfill contained three million tonnes of household and construction waste which posed a severe threat to the environment