City waste plant faces number of objections

Residents, businesses, and a third-level college are among the objectors to plans for a waste facility on the edge of Waterford City.

The planned waste transfer station and civic amenity site is earmarked for a former cattle market on Waterford’s Old Kilmeaden Rd. It would have the capacity to process 19,000 tonnes of waste every year.

Plans for the operation have been submitted to Waterford City Council by Oxigen Environmental. A decision is due next month but the scheme has already drawn objection from major employers Bausch & Lomb, Genzyme, and EirGen Pharma which between them employ almost 1,800 people at nearby sites. Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) also objects.