16 June 2023

Ireland

Repak, member of PROsPA, is an extended producer responsibility scheme set up in 1997 to help businesses meet their obligations to recycle the packaging they place on the Irish market. It has over 3,400 members, whose fees fund household recycling bins, bottle banks, civic amenities and commercial back-door waste nationwide. It is the sole compliance scheme in Ireland and is a not-for-profit organisation with a social mission. REPAK is to set a target to increase glass recycling to 90% by 2029, with a major emphasis on education, awareness and behaviour change, as well as reviewing the glass collection market and increasing measures to reduce contamination. Learn more by downloading the National Action Plan below. For more information, email us at info@repak.ie.