This is where we let you know what we are achieving within the company and what strategies we are looking to implement.

Launching April 2009.

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Green Car Congress

06/03/09

Renault and EDF to Partner on Electric Vehicles and Recharging Infrastructure in France.

/www.greencarcongress.com/

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Eco Caps

16/02/09

Please click on the following link to view eco caps which were made from recycling products.

Eco Caps PDF

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Fine Gael National Press Office Press Statement

30/10/08

Government considers burning recycled materials & creating waste mountains -
Hogan

Recycling policy & industry in tatters after international collapse in
demand for recycling products

Fine Gael’s Environment Spokesman, Phil Hogan TD, today (Thursday) revealed
that the Government is actively considering sending materials marked for
recycling abroad to be burned. Other options being considered by the
Government are the creation of waste mountains until the Department of
Environment and Local Authorities can figure out what to do. The situation
has arisen due to the collapse in international demand for raw recycled
materials.

“It appears that the Government's complete inability to prepare Ireland for
a slowing world economy has spilled over into the country's recycling
industry. The Government has failed to anticipate or prepare for the
collapse in demand for recycled materials as the world economy slows down.
Now we have a situation where there isn't adequate storage capacity for
processed recycled materials in advance of their export abroad to be used
in new products.

“Fine Gael Senator Paudie Coffey raised this issue with the Minister of
State at the Department of Environment in the Seanad last night and it was
then that he made the astonishing admission that the Government is
considering sending recycled materials abroad to be burned. In the meantime
the Government has to move quickly to increase storage capacity on a
massive scale to put these recycled materials somewhere.

“This situation has thrown the Government's entire National Waste Strategy
into chaos as all recycling targets and strategies will become meaningless
if we can't export or re-use our recycling materials.

“I call on the Minister for the Environment, John Gormley TD, to outline
his plan of action to deal with this issue.”

Ends

Note to Editors: Transcript from Seanad Adjournment Debate on waste policy,
October 29th 2008 below

The need for the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government to
outline his response to the serious threat to the future of recycling
facilities in the Country due to the lack of international demand for
quality recycled materials produced in Ireland with specific reference to
the implications for the future viability of modern Materials Recycling
Facility (MRF) run by Waterford County Council at Dungarvan, Co Waterford.
- Senator Paudie Coffey.

Deputy Michael Finneran: I thank Senator Coffey for raising this issue on
the Adjournment. Representatives from the waste industry met my Department
on Friday, 24 October 2008 to discuss industry concerns regarding the
sudden drop in international demand for recycled materials. Their principal
issue of concern was the need to increase rapidly the storage capacity of
existing permitted and licensed facilities. My Department had also been in
contact with Repak and the Environmental Protection Agency in advance of
last Friday’s meeting in regard to this issue. Consequently, a number of
options were put forward to industry at the meeting on Friday. The
Minister, Deputy Gormley, is aware of the difficulties raised by Waterford
County Council as he has only this morning received a letter from the
Waterford County Manager outlining the current position regarding the
Materials Recycling Facility, MRF, in Dungarvan. A letter of reply will
issue directly to the Waterford County Manager as a matter of urgency.
The options currently being proposed are as follows:
licensees can ask the EPA to amend their current licence to allow them to
stockpile if they have a suitable location on an existing licensed waste
facility;
waste operators can find a warehouse where they can store dry recyclables -
a certificate of registration, available from local authorities allows for
1,000 tonnes of material to be stored;
waste operators can find a warehouse where they can store dry recyclables
but a waste permit from the local authorities allows storage of up to
50,000 tonnes;
waste operators can find a warehouse where they can store dry recyclables
but a licence from the EPA will allow waste operators to store any amount
they want;
co-incineration abroad would allow the material to be classified as
recovery;
a facility in Ireland with an existing Integrated Pollution Prevention and
Control licence could seek an amendment of their licence to deal with this
material.

These options were also communicated by the EPA to the representatives from
the waste industry last Friday. A circular letter has also issued to each
local authority from my Department outlining the issues and the possible
options and stressing the need for local authorities to give priority to
any applications received. The Minister understands that the waste industry
representatives were satisfied that the gravity of the situation was
appreciated by the Department, the EPA and the local authorities.
The Government’s policy statement, Preventing and Recycling Waste -
Delivering Change, identified a lack of sustainable and economically
attractive markets and outlets for recyclable materials as one of the main
barriers to an improved and sustainable national recycling performance. The
significant cost and effort associated with the segregation, collection,
sorting, pre-treatment and reprocessing of recyclable materials demands
that markets be developed to realise the full resource value of all
recyclable materials that are reclaimed. To address these issues the
Minister is providing funding to implement the recommendations set out in
the Market Development Programme for Waste Resources 2007. The market
development programme is primarily focussed on promoting sustainable demand
for recovered materials, supporting the achievement of economies of scale
in the production of products made from recycled materials and in
identifying the need for additional recycling infrastructure to reduce
Ireland’s reliance on overseas markets as well as identifying new
applications and markets for recyclable material and secondary recycled
products.

The €13 million multi-annual programme is based on a combination of
research and development, commercial trials, development of technical
standards and the production of various marketing and education and
awareness materials. My Department has responded swiftly to the issues
raised and will continue to work closely with all the relevant stakeholders
to deal with the changing situation.

Leinster House Contacts:               

Phil Hogan TD
Dublin 2   

Kerry Graye  
Environment
Ireland          

01 6183379 / 087 2262295

Source: http://www.finegael.ie