Local firm helps divert 200 million electrical items from landfillA Kilbeggan recycling firm has helped divert over 200 million electrical items from landfill during an 18-year partnership with Ireland’s largest e-waste recycling scheme, new data shows. KMK Metals Recycling, and WEEE Ireland, have collected and recycled more than half a million tonnes of electrical waste since 2005 – the equivalent of 69 Eiffel Towers. Ministers Ossian Smyth and Pippa Hackett visited the KMK Metals Recycling plants in Tullamore and Kilbeggan to witness how the collaboration has successfully steered millions of pieces of e-waste away from landfill. It is vital that these resources are captured and the critical raw materials reused,” said Minister of State Smyth, who has responsibility for Public Procurement, eGovernment and the Circular Economy. These were collected through a diverse network of retail collection points, civic amenity sites and WEEE Ireland free public collection events.

Source: Irish Independent January 24, 2023 20:39 UTC