The event’s audience is not the usually targeted Cré members, but potential buyers of compost including farmers, organic farmers, landscapers and horticulturalists etc.

Why Attend?

• Learn the latest Minister McEntee has to say about the farming, organic and horticultural sector in Ireland
• Learn how compost is made and what its nutritional characteristics are
• Case studies of using compost in the K Club, tillage farming and in the organic sector in Ireland
• Soil biology and the role compost can play
• Exhibition from different compost sites with displays of compost
• Launch of Cré Compost Skillnet Factsheets on Using Compost in the Organic, Landscaping and Turf sectors

The keynote speaker is Minister Shane McEntee from Department of Agriculture.  Other speakers also include Gerry Bird (OCAE Consultants), Klaus Laitenberger and Dearbháil Ni Chualáin.

The event is free of charge but you do need to make a booking by contacting Percy Foster by email: percy@cre.ie or by mobile: 086 8129260.

During the composting process at our facility near Littleton, Co. Tipperary, biodegradable wastes are broken down into their constituent elements to produce a high quality, nutrient rich compost suitable for use a  soil improver.

Complex organic molecules such as proteins, carbohydrates, DNA, lipids etc. are broken down into sugars, amino acids, fatty acids and other molecules readily available as plant nutrients.

Acorn recently commissioned a German company, Eurofins GeneScan GmBh, to carry out a scan of the compost for any traces of Genetically Modified Organisms.  The results show the compost to be GMO free.

Here at our composting facility we are now producing Class 1 compost which is being sold for a number of uses, mainly as an organic fertiliser and soil improver in agriculture and domestic use. When mixed with soil the compost improves the soil structure and nutrient content resulting in the richer more fertile soil.

As well as our bulk agriculture customers, we are particularly delighted with the response from local household users who collect car trailers of compost from us for garden use.

We are also looking at developing high end markets for the compost such as use as a top dressing on sports turf and are currently taking part in a trial whereby our compost is used to improve the characteristics of sport turf by applying a thin layer.

If you have any queries or would like to visit the site to view the compost products please contact Sam Bowden on 086 1071231 or sam@acornrecycling.com.

Below are some images of our composting facility taken over the past few weeks.  For more information on our facility or the services we provide please do not hesitate to contact us on 0504 57841.

The purpose of the upcoming open evening at the Acorn Recycling composting facility on 18th May at 19:30, in association with cré, is to show Landscapers and Organic Farmers how quality compost is manufactured and to discuss the many many benefits of its application.  There will be a short presentation on the “Benefits of Using Compost in Organic Farming & Landscaping” by Gerry Bird, who is an Agricultural Science Graduate with a vast body of knowlegeis this field.

For more information see below or please contact Sam on 086 1071231/ sam@acornrecycling.com. 

Below is an image of Rónán speaking at yesterdays annual AGM in the Horse and Jockey Hotel.  Rónán did an excellent job speaking to the large turnout who attended the conference.  This was then followed by a visit to our composting facility in Littleton by members of the AGM. 

The CIWM (Chartered Institution of Waste Management) is hosting its AGM in the Derrynaflan Theatre at the Horse and Jockey Hotel near Thurles, County Tipperary at 9.30am on Thursday 28th April 2011. The AGM will include a themed open meeting entitled ‘Biodegradable Waste Treatment in Ireland – A review of progress to date in achieving Ireland’s targets’, a field tour to the In-Vessel Compost Facility of Acorn Recycling in Littleton and a visit to RX3 commissioned field trials of spring barley grown using compost and digestate.

The new Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Phil Hogan, TD will open and address the conference.

The conference is aimed at waste management companies, waste management practioners, environmental consultants, waste regulators, policy makers, local authority staff, elected members, technology providers, waste planners, farmers looking to diversify / source new fertilizer sources, finance houses, students studying in this area and other relevant interested parties/persons.

The cost for attending this event is €60 for members, €120 for non-members and €40 for students (on production of a relevant student ID card). For further information contact Toddy Cuthbert MCIWM, Republic of Ireland Centre CIWM on Mobile 086 3864518, E-mail toddy.cuthbert@gmail.com.

We are thrilled that we have been approved by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to operate our composting facility here in Littleton in accordance with Part 4 of the European Communities Regulations of 2008.

This license enables us to sell our very affordable high-end organic compost to the market. This compost is suitable for horticulture, agriculture, domestic gardens and sports fields.

Please see below feature from The Tipperary Star for more information.  If you have any queries in relation to our compost please contact us on 0504 33721 and we will be happy to help.