Bid to increase size of controversial waste incinerator

A waste management company is to lodge a new planning application seeking to increase the size of a controversial incineration plant being built in Co Meath, it emerged today.

Indaver Ireland is looking to increase the capacity of its licence for a waste-to-energy facility at the 25-acre site at Carranstown, near Duleek, to deal with 150,000 to 200,000 tonnes of waste a year.