Waste industry in need of a national strategy

ILLEGAL dumping of commercial waste is running at up to one million tonnes annually one of the sector’s major players warned yesterday.

“It’s a case of see no evil, hear no evil’ said Jim Barry, chief executive NTR Plc, which controls the Irish toll road system in Dublin and owns Greenstar, the waste disposal group which last week spent €4m last in a major move into the UK market.

The company, Materials Recovery will facilitate major expansion by the group of its waste management operations. On the Irish waste question Mr Barry said there was far too much ambiguity in the Irish situation that needed urgent clarification .