Repak recycles 652,000 tonnes of packing

Used packaging recycled last year equalled the carbon savings involved in taking over 250,000 cars off Irish roads.

Repak funded the recovery and recycling of 652,000 tonnes of used packaging from businesses and households in 2011, an increase of just over 4% on the previous year.

The organisation’s 2011 results, published today, show that consumers continued to embrace recycling last year. Household packaging, at 208,000 tonnes, was up almost 10% on 2010.