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5361- Kilmainhamwood Compost Facility Extension- EIS
1.3 COMPANY BACKGROUND
Thorntons Recycling is an Irish family-run business that has been in operation since 1979 in the area of
materials recovery and waste management. The company operates waste management facilities in
Dublin, Meath and Kildare, and provides a full range of professional management services to meet
recycling and residual material handling requirements.
The company’s customer base encompasses the domestic, public and private sectors with annual sales
in excess of €39m. The business has expanded based on delivering excellent customer service, and a
philosophy of “on time every time”. The proud, dedicated and professional team at Thorntons Recycling
meets and exceeds the requirements of our customers on a daily basis. Current company operations
involve over 220 staff managing and operating in one of Ireland’s most progressive and advanced
recycling companies. Operations are organised to handle all non-hazardous waste and recyclable
streams with current capacity across all facilities of 350,000 tonnes per annum on sites in Dublin, Meath
and Kildare. The company’s Headquarters is based in Park West, Dublin 12.
In recent years the company has branched into a number of areas of waste management and now
currently operates a number of different facilities/services all of which are managed and operated in
compliance with International standards for Quality, Health and Safety and Environmental Management
including:
• Materials Recovery Facilities (MRF’s)–Killeen Road, D12 and Dunboyne, Co Meath;
• Civic Amenity Sites (CA) – Dunboyne, Co Meath;
• End of Life Vehicle (ELV) - Kylemore Road, Dublin 12;
• Composting site - Kilmainhamwood Compost, Co Meath;
• Wood Re-processing site - Kill, Co Kildare;
• Liquid Waste/Tanker business;
• Confidential Shredding - mobile shredder and secure shredding facility Park West Business
Park;
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1.4 PROCEDURE AND STRUCTURE OF EIA
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) requirements derive from European Communities Directive
85/337/EEC (as amended by Directive 97/11/EC) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and
private projects on the environment. This EU Directive was transcribed into Irish Law under S.I. 349 of
1989 (European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulation). These regulations
have subsequently been amended by the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment)
(Amendment) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 93 of 1999).
An EIA is a process that examines the environmental consequences, both positive and negative, of a
proposed development. This Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared in accordance with
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