Composting & recycling

Composting is an integral part of the waste management business of AES and Bord na Mona.

Bord na Mona's composting plant in Kilberry is licenced to accept 99,000 tonnes of green waste per annum. These composting levels are being achieved by the Horticulture Research & Development team, who are also involved in growing trials with their university partner, UCD.

A win/win situation

Through this joint scientific research, indigenous Irish organic waste streams are converted into a high quality-growing medium that is bagged and sold to the customer. This means the use of peat is reduced, waste is diverted from landfill and the retail customer has an excellent product.

Other indigenous waste streams are being studied for their potential as peat diluents and thus diversion from landfill:

• The contribution of green compost in media to micronutrient provision for plants is being actively investigated;
• Lime reductions in green compost-containing media are envisaged; and
• The potential to harness the water absorption/wetting characteristics of green compost is being studied.

New composting facility

Planning has recently been granted for the building of a 25,000 tonne composting facility in Bord na Mona’s waste treatment facility in Drehid, Co. Kildare. This facility will compost mixed organic waste.  This facility is set to open in January 2011.

Best practice

AES implement best practice when it comes to resource recovery and traceability. This means that you can rest assured that the materials you dispose of will be carefully recycled, with landfill only as a last resort for an increasingly small volume of material. 
Our systems include reporting mechanisms to ensure that all our customers can be provided with traceability and tonnage details so that you are always in control. 

AES operate five recycling centres. All of these are EPA licensed to the highest standard.  In Navan, AES have commissioned a state of the art 'in-vessel' composting system.

Our credentials