Cork firm making compostable PPE takes top prize at All-Island Circular Venture Awards

HaPPE Earth overall winner while Dublin-based Gemell Technology and Cork firm Ecoroots named finalists

Lisa O'Riordan co-founder of HaPPE Earth, winner of the All-Island Circular Venture Awards 2025. Pictures: Roger Kenny

A Cork company manufacturing compostable PPE aprons has been named winner of the inaugural All-Island Circular Venture Awards.

HaPPE Earth, founded by cousins Lisa O'Riordan and Mary O'Riordan, makes PPE aprons approved for healthcare settings which are compostable and can be converted into fertiliser.