Composting Facility
Acorn Recycling’s composting facility located in Littleton, Co. Tipperary is suitated just off the M8 motorway (Horse & Jockey exit) so we are less than 1.5 hours from Cork, Dublin, Waterford and Limerick.
It is a fully enclosed tunnel composting facility with forced aeration and bio-filtration system. This facility is EPA licensed (W0249-01) to treat 45,000 tonnes per annum of biodegradable waste. Department of Agriculture approved from brown bin and category 3 waste (former food stuff). We produce high grade compost and offer a product that can be used as a soil conditioner in commercial agriculture, landscaping, as organic fertiliser or as a custom growing media.
Our facilities have:
- Animal by Product Approval
- All bio waste accepted
- Total capacity stands at 60,000 tonnes per year
Regulation
2010 sees new hard hitting food and waste regulations being implemented in Ireland for the first time leading to the progressive removal of Landfill as the main disposal method for waste in Ireland. For example, the new Food Waste Regulations will legally compel any producer of greater than 50 kilos of food waste per week to ensure it is biologically treated. Our new and expanding composting infrastructure can now effectively deal with this waste. Our new facility in Littleton is the largest purpose built biowaste composting plant in Ireland and has the capacity to cater for food wastes and any other organically based waste generated in the country.
