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 €32.9m 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, 80c is spent on recycling (61c on household recycling and 19c 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.
Repak Members’ Plastic Pledge
Since we launched the Plastic Pledge in 2018, over 125 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).
Repak’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 2020
Due to the impact of Covid-19 the 2020 Pakman Plastic Pledge Awards were streamed live from Croke Park on the 9th of December. The awards were hosted by Anna Geary and Eamon Ryan TD, Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport was our special guest on the day and announced the overall 2020 Pakman Award Winner.
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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 NewsRepak has today announced that the deadline for the 2021 Pakman Awards has been extended until Friday 3 September. Now in its 7th year, the national environmental awards are FREE to enter.
We are drumming up some new habits with 64% of people saying they are more eco conscious now than before the pandemic and 89% confident that their recycling habits are good.
Plastic Pledge Members reduce plastic packaging waste by 18.6% in 2020, despite facing challenging conditions caused by Covid-19. Find out more now.
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