Cork County Council to seek expressions of interest for €50m Bottlehill landfill site

The local authority is trying to recoup some of the significant monies spent on the then state-of-the art landfill at Bottlehill

The initial plan for the landfill at Bottlehill was that it would have capacity to take 217,000 tonnes of waste per year over a 20-year period. File picture: Denis Minihane

The future of a ‘white elephant’ €50m superdump in Co Cork is likely to be decided soon as Cork County Council is set to seek expressions of interest from “the wider market” for the 48.5-hectare site.

That’s according to council chief executive Moira Murrell who told the Irish Examiner it is time to see if the local authority can recoup some of the significant monies spent on the then state-of-the art landfill at Bottlehill, 23kms north of Cork City.