Portlaoise to get Ireland’s first ‘bottle-to-bottle’ plastic-recycling plant
Panda facility is due to be running by end of 2021 and will process up to one billion plastic bottles a year
Banks warn customers about Brexit disruption to direct debits
UK banks will require Irish addresses for processing waste and household bills
Insurance companies say Covid payouts could cost them €20bn
Seen & Heard: Banks trim property valuations; Rent hardball at Omni; Goodman tidies up
First licence issued for facilitating reuse of construction waste
EPA move will allow material to be diverted from landfill for use in road construction
Dublin 15 lands a prime logistics opportunity at €5.25m
28-acre Huntstown site offers ready access by motorway to Dublin Airport and Port Tunnel
Energia agrees €44m debt finance with AIB
Energy provider in the throes of €50m investment on a new bioenergy plant in Dublin
Injured worker secures €224,000 compensation for severe ankle injury
Tomasz Zdejszy fell two metres as he tried to free a trapped bin during waste collection
Panda Waste owner acquires stake in north Dublin shopping centre
Charlestown Shopping Centre and adjoining site sells for more than €42 million
A Chinese ban on plastic that brought the world some good
The EU has taken the radical step of committing to ensuring all plastic in Europe will be recyclable by 2030
Green bin charges for all ‘inevitable’
Government’s price monitoring group says eight waste firms already charging for recycling
China will not bin our rubbish any more – so what next?
China took 95% of our plastic waste in 2016, but a ban will mean that’s no longer possible
China to stop taking many types of recycling material by year's end
Some 87 per cent of Europe’s plastic waste currently ends up in China
Watchdog clears waste PandaGreen’s €12m purchase of Bioverda
Waste company gets approval to buy energy business from US fund Cerberus
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . Green bin fraud
A shipload of green-bin waste was sent back to Ireland this week, rejected as unsuitable for recycling. Fines are next
Homeless man found at waste depot died of suffocation, inquest hears
Henryk Piotrowski was still alive when he was loaded into a Dublin bin lorry by mistake
Competition investigation launched into Panda acquisition of Greenstar
Decision follows completion of preliminary inquiry
Dublin Fire Brigade called to three separate fires overnight
Fire fighters deal with blaze at recycling plant, gorse fire and two burnt-out buses
Kildare food firm tops ranking for odour complaints
EPA says nearly all companies reported to it were in breach of their licence conditions
ESB has the energy to remain a power player
The semi-State is trying to stay ahead of the game through innovation and investment
Bin collection company granted wheelie bin injunction
Court told Greenstar waste was removing old Panda bins of new customers
Rise in destitute foreign nationals seeking State’s help to go home
Rise in repatriations emerges days after homeless Polish man crushed in refuse truck
Nappies, food, dead dogs found in recycling bins
Contamination of green bins ‘gone mad’ in past five years, with nearly a third of material in bins unsuitable
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