Hearing planned for waste disposal facility

SCORES of objectors to Ireland’s first commercial anaerobic waste digester are expected to pack a hotel in North Cork later this month when An Bord Pleanála holds an oral hearing into the proposed €75 million project.

Valeco, a former subsidiary of the waste disposal giant, Greenstar, was refused planning permission for the project a few months ago at Ballard, Araglin.

The 42-acre site, which is not in the ownership of Valeco, was a controversial choice as it had previously been used by another company for a waste disposal, which the European Commission ordered closed.