Who are Repak Members?
Our members are businesses, large and small, who pay fees to fund the recycling of the packaging they place on the Irish market. We have two categories of members: Regular and Scheduled.
Regular Members
These are large companies, such as manufacturers, importers, brandholders, distributors and large retailers, who pay annual fees aligned to the volume of packaging they place on the Irish market.
Scheduled Members
These are small to medium sized business, such as retailers, hotels, pharmacies, pubs and restaurants, who pay a fixed annual fee to fund recycling in Ireland.
How are Repak Members’ fees spent?
Repak Members paid €30m in fees in 2019 to directly fund household recycling bins, bottle banks, recycling centres and commercial waste packaging nationwide. For every €1 of members fees received, 79c is spent on recycling (57c on household recycling and 22c on commercial recycling), 3c on Recovery (Energy from packaging waste), 4c on Education & Communication and 14c on Repak overheads.
Learn moreWhat Repak initiatives do our Members support?
Repak Members play their part in reducing packaging waste and improve recycling behaviour in Ireland. Our Members participate in a range of Repak initiatives designed to improve the sustainability of packaging in Ireland and protecting the environment.
Prevent & Save Programme
Since we launched Prevent & Save in 2006, we have helped our members collectively prevent over 857,000 tonnes of packaging being placed on the Irish market. The programme offers free packaging optimisation and design advice to Repak Members, helping them to reduce packaging and maximise recycling.
Learn moreRepak Members’ Plastic Pledge
Since we launched the Plastic Pledge in 2018, over 115 of Ireland’s largest Repak Members have signed up, pledging to five specific objectives aimed at reducing plastic packaging and making packaging more recyclable, while minimising food waste (where relevant to their business).
Learn moreRepak’s Team Green
Repak Members also support our Team Green initiative, which is our rally call to Ireland to reduce, reuse and recycle, with a special focus on helping Ireland achieve ambitious EU plastic recycling targets by 2025 and 2050.
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Pakman Awards 2019
See the great lengths that some of our amazing Members are going to in order to improve their sustainability and contribution to the environment.
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Coca Cola Wins Plastic Pledge Member of the Year Award 2019
Coca Cola won the inaugural ‘Repak Plastic Pledge Member of the Year’ category at the Pakman Awards 2019, topping the category by demonstrating its outstanding commitment to the Plastic Pledge objectives, including becoming the first water brand in Ireland to introduce bottles produced from 100% recycled plastic.
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Hotel Doolin Wins Waste Prevention Award
Hotel Doolin was selected by the Pakman Awards judging panel for making a conscious effort to prevent waste from the almost 300,000 meals served to its guests in the past twelve months. The boutique hotel has also implemented several sustainability practices that were recognised by the judges as being best in class, including banning the use of single use plastics and using sustainable materials where possible in all rooms.
Learn moreLatest News
All NewsIreland is expected to generate over 81,000 tonnes of packaging waste this Christmas, a 7% increase on 2019. The survey of 2,600 people in Ireland which examines how we will spend Christmas 2020 also reveals that many of us will be splashing out more on presents this year, with 16% planning to spend between €500-€750. Right now, 2 million more parcels are being posted a week in comparison to this time last year.
On the 30th of Nov we launched our ‘Support Local, Shop with a Repak Member’ Christmas campaign across our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn channels. 2020 has been a tough year for Irish businesses nationwide and this Christmas more than ever we are encouraging the Irish public to support local by shopping with Repak Member businesses.
Aldi Ireland were named the winner of the 2020 Pakman Award at the 6th annual Pakman Awards, powered by Repak. This year, the Pakman Awards took place at a virtual ceremony and were hosted by Repak’s Team Green Ambassador Anna Geary. Special guest, Minister for Environment, Climate Action, Communications and Transport, Eamon Ryan TD was also in attendance.
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