Image: Shutterstock/Silent Corners Image: Shutterstock/Silent Corners A PROTEST MARCH is to take place in Limerick next month after controversial plans by Irish Cement Limited to burn alternative fuels, including used tyres, were given the green light by the EPA, subject to conditions and appeal process.
The EPA’s “Proposed Determination” on Irish Cement’s application “provides for the acceptance of non-hazardous waste materials to be used as alternative fuels and raw materials, up to a maximum of 90,000 tonnes per annum”. Sinn Fein TD, Maurice Quinlivan said he was “appalled”, and added, “this is a toxic decision by the Environmental Protection Agency”.
Limerick City and County Council had initially granted the company permission to go ahead with its plans.
How come thejoural_ie fails to mention the incinerators already in operation in Dublin city and Meath that burn the same
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