Firms dreaming of a recycled Christmas

WE’RE all set for a green Christmas — for the first time we are on course to meet our EU target of recycling half of all packaging produced in the Irish market.

Repak, the industry-funded recycling scheme, has revealed that 530,000 tonnes of waste were recycled in 2005.

The amount of waste recycled has increased by 12% compared to last year, when 479,000 tonnes of waste were recycled. This means that a fifth of all packaging that is produced here is now recycled.