Consumers urged to increase recycling effort

CONSUMERS need to recycle more so that Ireland doesn’t run out of landfill space, a waste watchdog said yesterday.

Irish people recycled almost half a million tonnes of used packaging last year, but Repak said the amount can be increased with more effort.

Repak chief Andrew Hetherington said recent media reports suggested that Dublin and other counties could run out of landfill space by the end of 2007.