Scrap metal company sues county council over waste classification

A scrap metal company has sued Kilkenny County Council in the High Court over allegedly costing it hundreds of thousands of euro by wrongly classifying their product as hazardous waste.

Michael McDowell SC, for Midland Scrap Metal, said the claim for damages arose out of a 2005 dispute between the company and the council over the export of sheer scrap metal waste to Spain.

The operators of Midland Scrap Metal, Con and Anthony Ward, had been engaged in the scrap metal business in Ireland for upwards of 40 years.