Irish weigh in with huge increase in waste recycling

IRELAND is recycling more than twice the weight of its population every year, according to the annual report of Repak.

Repak’s 2006 results announced yesterday show a significant increase in packaging recycling, from 565,000 tonnes in 2005 to 603,000 tonnes recycled in 2006.

This equates to the average weight of 8.8 million people, which is more than double the population of Ireland and has resulted in equivalent of 463,000 tonnes of carbon savings.