City to pay €10m to export domestic waste

A LOCAL authority is planning to export domestic waste at an annual cost of up to €10 million because it has run out of space to bury its rubbish.

Delays in creating a superdump and recycling centre have led to Cork City Council planning an interim strategy to dispose of waste after it closes its Kinsale Road landfill on January 1, 2005.

The city council is to advertise in the EU Journal and newspapers seeking tenders for the disposal of between 35,000 and 45,000 tonnes per year, which could cost it anything up to €10m annually.