A COMPANY has lodged an application with the relevant public authorities to use meat and bone meal (MBM) as an alternative fuel source in the production of cement.

A number of proposals for use of meat and bone meal in industry or energy generation in this country are at various stages of consideration by the relevant regulatory authorities, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Agriculture and Food Minister Joe Walsh revealed in the Dáil in reply to Fine Gael spokesman Billy Timmins.