Irish domestic waste fuels Swedish kilns

DOMESTIC waste from the Mid-West is being sent to be burned in the kilns of a Swedish cement plant as part of a major refuse disposal initiative.

The first shipment of 2,000 tons of specially processed domestic refuse left Foynes Port in recent days. Shipping it abroad costs 50% less than sending it to a local landfill. Up to 30,000 tons of domestic rubbish will be shipped every year to help fuel the kilns in the Swedish plant.

Martin Sheahan, managing director of the region’s major refuse collection company, Mr Binman, said this initiative will mean that 75% of all domestic refuse collected by his company will be recycled.