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Written by J. J. Bunyan
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Tuesday, 30 November 2004 |
Changes and opportunities for waste management in Ireland were examined at the
Transformations workshop, which took place in Ballymascanlon Hotel, Dundalk on
Monday 8th, November. Interreg Cross Border Waste Awareness Campaign sponsored
the event.
The event featured case studies by way of a video presentation, which described
the day-to-day activities of eight firms North and South of The Border.
• Irish Polymers, is a plastics recovery company based in Antrim. It has grown
over the past seven years from a turnover of £10,102 to £360,000
to year-end 2004 with a profitability increase of ten fold.
• Shabra Plastics and Packaging is located in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan.
Rita Shah and Oliver Brady founded it in l986 and it supplies recycled plastic
bags to Musgrave Super Value Centra group, Stonehouse, Atlas Industries and
Pan Pac. Rita Shah was named Entrepreneur of the Year 2002 and 02BPW Business
Woman of the Year November 2003.
• Kosmos Glass Recycling is based in Belfast. It collects waste glass from hotels,
public houses and restaurants for re processing through a Krysteline machine
to produce a sterile ground glass product.
• Quinn Glass, based in Derrylin, Co. Fermanagh is Ireland’s largest glass
reprocessor with an outstanding track record of success in securing major contracts
with global companies.
• Spanboard Products Ltd is based in Coleraine. It makes chipboard including
value added products such as melamine faced chipboard and tong-and-groove flooring.
Sonea, the largest privately owned company in Portugal took over Spanboard Products
Ltd in l989. Spanboard Ltd annually uses approximately 120,000 tonnes of Irish
Timber; of which around 20,000 tonnes is recycled wood – half coming from
Northern Ireland and the remaining half from Southern Ireland.
• T-Met is a metal re processor located in Dungannon. It collects scrap steel
from various sources – engineering firms to scrap cars from locations
in Northern Ireland. It collects approximately 100 tonnes daily with up to 100
skips and 50 of 20ft x10ft bins used in the collection process. The scrap steel
is processed ie reduced to its smallest size and then shipped to Spanish Steel
mills. The Company ships out between four and five thousand tonnes of steel
scrap on a monthly basis.
• R4 Ltd is a tyre recycling business in Portadown. It takes in all types of
tyres, some for re threading. A proportion of the tyres are sent to Britain
for rethreading, depending on size. It is the only Department of The Environment
licensed tyre collection firm in Northern Ireland.
• Crumb Rubber Ltd. is based in Dromiskin, Co. Louth and uses rubber, which
is recovered from used tyres. The tyres are processed at the modern plant at
a rate of 880an hour or 8,000 over two work shifts. Rubber crumbs are used for
many purposes – filling for playground surfaces; as a surface in equestrian
centres; as an alternative to wood bark for weed free maintenance in gardens;
as rubber cobblelock; astro turf and for a range of other areas. The firm is
experiencing great difficulty in securing adequate supplies of tyres.
• Natural Wood Products is a composting business based in Keady, Co. Armagh,
which is responsible for 40% of all Northern Ireland green recycling. It takes
in and composts 35,000 of green waste annually from many of Northern Ireland
26 District Councils. It is the first compost producer in Northern Ireland to
achieve certification from The Composting Association to BS1 Pas 100 –
the quality certification for composted materials. It gained certification for
its soil conditioner sold under the brand name "Rosey Lee". It produces
compost, mulch, soil improver, topsoil and turf top dressing.
Mike Sheehan, Contract Manager, Wastewise delivered the keynote speech. Wastewise
is engaged by Musgrave Super Value Centra group on a contract basis to deal
with its ever growing volume of waste disposal.
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