Ireland's biggest recycling plant is inundated with face masks and medical waste among other Covid-related paraphernalia. The plant processes the recycling waste of 350,000 homes in Ireland every single day and Covid is present in more ways than one. "We're getting the used swabs from the antigen tests, the plastic cartridges and the antigen tests themselves - none of these are recyclable. This is medical waste," Mr Dunne told the Irish Examiner. mywaste.ie is really a great resource for what you can and cannot recycle," said Mr Dunne.

Source: Irish Examiner February 21, 2022 01:23 UTC