Turn unused dump into knotweed disposal site: Councillors

Cork county councillors want to use the country’s largest, but unused, landfill site to dispose of Japanese knotweed, and say the move might make it cheaper to build new homes.

The Bottlehill ‘superdump’ in Cork remains unused despite costing some €48m to develop, but yesterday’s meeting of the county council heard that using it to dispose of Japanese knotweed could save developers the cost of having to transport the invasive species to sites in other parts of the country.

Planning permission was submitted last month for a Japanese knotweed processing plant in a disused quarry at Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo.