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According to our recent Recycling Knowledge Audit*, 33% of people in Ireland are unaware that just one dirty bottle, tin, or container can contaminate a whole recycling bin.

Our new campaign tackles Ireland’s “moments of doubt” to help improve recycling habits in 2025 - 47% of Irish adults admitting uncertainty about what can and cannot be recycled.

As Ireland faces the ticking clock of EU recycling targets, new findings from our first-ever annual national Recycling Knowledge Audit have unearthed a startling truth: we think we’re recycling…

Today marks the launch of our sixth annual Plastic Pledge Report, which showcases the accomplishments of those Signatories who successfully reduced and eliminated plastic packaging from their…

Today marks the launch of the 2024 Pakman Awards, Ireland’s National Environment Awards. Celebrating a decade of excellence, these awards honour the best practices and achievements in recycling and…

To mark World Environment Day, we have announced that we will be launching its largest ever nationwide Recycling Knowledge Audit. This audit will test the country’s understanding of recycling…

Our new campaign Don’t Waste Earth Day, encourages everyone, from consumers to commercial businesses, to not waste the day by separating all packaging into the correct bin and making sure it is…

Repak encourages the public to become egg-cellent recyclers by segregating and recycling their waste this Easter.

With Christmas just around the corner, the festive season is well and truly upon us. Christmas is one of the biggest occasions across the globe for waste generation, with Ireland expected to produce…

The Killarney Park & The Ross has been named the winner of the Overall Pakman Award, sponsored by Repak, at the ninth annual Pakman Awards. The grassroots community project was set up this year with…

View our 2023 Pakman Award finalists now! The Pakman Awards are Ireland’s leading environmental and sustainability awards which recognise and celebrate excellence in recycling and waste management…

This morning the Plastic Pledge Signatories have successfully removed or replaced 28,500 tonnes of plastic packaging from the Irish market since 2018.

In 2022, Repak surpassed all EU mandated recycling targets and delivered on all key compliance, communication and financial objectives. This was supported by the successful implementation of key…

Attention all environmental advocates! The 2023 Pakman Awards, Ireland’s National Environmental Awards are now open. Each year, these prestigious awards celebrate and recognise excellence in…

Irish residents are expected to recycle over 60,900 tonnes of packaging waste this Easter. The weekend marks one of the busiest times of the year for waste recovery operators across the country.

The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, has signed new legislation to introduce incentivised charging for waste collection in the commercial sector.

This Christmas, Repak is encouraging shoppers to make a conscious effort to reduce waste, and recycle correctly, helping Ireland transition to a circular economy.

Limerick Polymers Production has been named the winner of the Overall Pakman Award, sponsored by Repak, at the eighth annual Pakman Awards. The awards ceremony, which took place on Friday night at the…

Lidl Ireland GmbH, Currys Ireland, ALDI Ireland, Primark Limited and Musgrave are among some of the finalists announced in this year’s individual Pakman Award categories. Winners of the 2022 Pakman…

The 2022 Pakman Awards entry deadline has been extended until Wednesday the 28th of September. Now in its 8th year, the national environmental awards are FREE to enter and honour individuals,…

Taking steps to protect the environment has become an important part of many people’s daily routines, but 86% believe Ireland would be a greener place if the public did more. Re-imagine your…

Calling all environmental champions! Today we have launched the 2022 Pakman Awards, Ireland’s National Environmental Awards, which recognise excellence in recycling and waste management across…

 In 2021, Repak Plastic Pledge Members achieved an average plastic packaging recycling rate at their premises of 69%, 19% ahead of 2025 EU targets, and diverted a total of 26,000 tonnes of plastic…

Despite continued challenging conditions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, we surpassed all EU recycling and recovery targets in 2021. Find out more now.

For the first time in two years, the Irish public can get together this Easter without restrictions. Easter celebrations will be different to last year for 60% of people, and 70% of families plan to…

In Ireland, we are expected to generate 95,000 tonnes of packaging waste this Christmas, so not only is Christmas the most wonderful time of the year, it’s the time when recycling bins are at their…

Molly Coogan Bride, age 9, from Scoil Naomh Pio  in Knockcommon, Co. Meath was today, 15 November, announced as the first winner of the  Repak ‘Team Green for Schools’ poster competition.

IPR win the Overall Pakman Award 2021 for its outstanding work helping Ireland increase its waste recovery rates. The National Environmental Awards recognise excellent work in sustainability,…

The Board of Repak Ltd. today announced the appointment of Tom Shipsey as the new Chair of Repak with effect from 8th October 2021. Tom succeeds Tony Keohane, who steps down on 7th October, having…

Lidl Ireland and Northern Ireland, Nestlé Ireland, RTÉ, Britvic Ireland and Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard amongst the finalists in individual Pakman Award categories Winners announced Friday,29…

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.

Repak 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.

Plastic Pledge Members reduce plastic packaging waste by 18.6% in 2020, despite facing challenging conditions caused by Covid-19. Find out more now.

Despite challenging operational conditions caused by Covid-19, Repak achieved all EU recycling targets and successfully implemented the legislative change requirements of the Circular Economy Package…

Minister of State for Public Procurement and eGovernment, Ossian Smyth TD and Repak CEO, Séamus Clancy, today launched the 2021 Pakman Awards.

Prepare to picnic with MyWaste's top sustainable tips for outdoor dining this Summer. Find out more now.

Irish residents are expected to recycle 49,000 tonnes of packaging waste this year, enough to fill the Aviva Stadium to its roof three times. It’s a scenario that 72% of the Irish public didn’t…

Repak launched a two week recycling quiz and word search competition on Facebook and Instagram, inviting children to complete either activity sheet from its Team Green for Schools Primary School…

Repak has launched a recycling quiz and word search competition today on Facebook and Instagram, inviting children to complete either activity sheet from its Team Green for Schools Primary School…

­Ireland 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…

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…

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…

In 2020, packaging waste generated from online shopping in Ireland increased by a staggering 2,953 tonnes (25%), the equivalent of 15 million standard sized parcels or 9 parcels per each household.…

Repak were delighted to announce the shortlist nominees for the Pakman Plastic Pledge Award 2020 this morning. Due to the impact of Covid 19 on businesses, the Plastic Pledge Category is the only…

School is in session. Get your students involved in our Team Green for Schools primary school programme and let them become part of the recycling conversation. We have teamed up with RTÉ Jr to help…

To celebrate the third year of our Team Green initiative we are calling on households across the nation to find Ireland’s newest Repak Team Green Leaders. We are asking the public to join Anna…

In the last few months, the people of Ireland have demonstrated the power of working together to achieve a common goal more than ever. While the Irish public’s teamwork has been evident since the…

Do you know where to dispose of items that can’t go into your household recycling bin? It’s very important that you dispose of your waste correctly or you risk contaminating your recycling bin.…

Recycling is easy once you know how and we can all make difference by working together.  Our new website acts as a complete guide to help you recycle your packaging waste correctly, providing…

Every year at least 30% of what goes into the recycling bin is contaminated. To help educate the public on best practice recycling behaviours we have developed a new and improved series of recycling…

Over one hundred of Ireland’s industry leaders will this year divert a total of 16,100 tonnes of plastic packaging waste from the Irish market according to the findings of a report conducted by…

The news was announced this morning by Repak, Ireland’s only government-approved packaging recycling compliance scheme, at the launch of its 2019 Annual Report. The title of this year’s report…

Join football heroes Paul McGrath and Jack Byrne in putting the right thing in the right bin. Show us you are a recycling expert with a score of 1000 or more, sign up to Team Green, and you could be…

Repak is supporting the heroic efforts and sacrifices made by Irish frontline heath workers by donating €11,000 to ‘Feed The Heroes’, an initiative which was born as a result of the Covid-19…

Our new Packaging Design Guide provides Members with valuable information on the various stages involved in packaging recycling, and how the design of packaging impacts on those stages, potentially…

Repak launched the ‘colour in for a chance to win’ competition in April which invited children to download and colour in posters from its Team Green for Schools primary school recycling resources…

Repak has launched a Colouring Competition today on Instagram, inviting children to download and colour in posters from its Team Green for Schools Primary School resources and add their own recycling…

We are very conscious of the impact the current Covid 19 pandemic is having on our Members and stakeholders, and are committed to providing as much support as possible during these challenging times.

To support the heroic efforts of Ireland’s frontline healthcare workers, Repak is supporting the Feed the Heroes initiative during the months of April and May, by donating €1 on behalf on any…

Over half of the Irish public will keep up tradition of buying chocolate Easter eggs this year Repak encourages everyone to continue to recycle at home this Easter At least 1 in 10 will buy 8 or more…

Expanded and Extruded Polystyrene in Europe – Products and End of Life Options.Repak, in partnership with Maeve Thornberry & Associates and the Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government,…

Repak and Panda raise €20,000 for Focus Ireland in Dublin city plastic recycling initiative. Repak and Panda donation will provide aid to 17 households, helping them to move on from homelessness.

Ireland is now generating 11,740 tonnes of packaging waste from online shopping per year, an increase of 17% from 2018. Repak warns that packaging waste generated from online shopping continues to…

Inspired by the "12 Days of Christmas" Repak has launched a creative campaign on social media channels today, offering one recycling tip a day for 12 days over the festive season.

New research from Repak reveals shoppers’ behaviour this Christmas. Ireland is expected to generate 75,000 tonnes of packaging waste this Christmas 68% say that the environment will influence how…

Aran Islands Co-op Recycling Project (Athchursail Árann) awarded the overall 2019 Pakman Award for its work transforming the waste management and recycling infrastructure on the Aran Islands.

Coca Cola won the inaugural ‘Repak Plastic Pledge Member of the Year’ category at the Pakman Awards, which took place in Dublin last night. The new category was open to any of over 90 Repak…

Quinn Packaging is one of the UK and Ireland’s leading thermoformed food packaging manufacturers. Detecta is its new flagship product addressing the problem of carbon black packaging commonly used…

NPP is a leading supplier in the flexible packaging market. NPP specialises in delivering high quality packaging and service to a range of industries including Food, Agri, Pharmaceutical and Medical…

Musgrave is Ireland’s leading food retail, wholesale and foodservice company with brands including SuperValu, Centra, Daybreak, Frank and Honest as well as Musgrave MarketPlace. The Musgrave…

Lidl operates over 162 stores in Ireland providing high quality products at market leading value. Its award winning sustainability strategy ‘A Better Tomorrow’ has resulted in several resource…

Irish Distillers is Ireland’s leading supplier of spirits and wines and producer of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish whiskeys. In 2019, its parent company, Pernod Ricard, launched…

Danone is a leading global food & beverage company built on three businesses: Essential Dairy and PlantBased Products, Waters and Specialised Nutrition. The Danone vision is ‘One Planet. One…

In 2018, the Coca-Cola system launched its global World Without Waste strategy, setting out a commitment to design more sustainable packaging and to collect and recycle the equivalent of every bottle…

With over 3,750 employees and 139 stores across the country, Aldi is the fastest growing retailer in Ireland, capturing a market share of 12.6% (Kantar Worldpanel, August, 2019). Aldi signed up to…

ABP was founded in 1954 and is one of Europe’s leading food processors. Its core business – ABP Beef – is supported by its renewable pet food and protein divisions, ensuring the value of…

Plastic recycling fundraising drive launched across Panda Greenstar’s Dublin city centre commercial network. Irish packaging recycling scheme, Repak, and leading waste operator, Panda, have today…

Ireland Surpasses All EU Recycling Targets with highest ever rate of recycling and recovery of packaging waste Repak, Ireland’s packaging recycling compliance scheme, funded the recycling and…

Teamwork makes Ireland’s future recycling targets achievable! Over 11.4 million more pieces of plastic have been recycled in Ireland since Repak launched Team Green Repak calls on the Irish public…

A quarter of the Irish public don’t know what measures Irish companies are taking to protect the environment Repak research reveals Ireland’s attitudes to the sustainability efforts of…

Now in its fifth year, the Pakman Awards, powered by Repak, recognises excellence in sustainability, recycling and efforts to reduce climate change. Entry to the 2019 Pakman Awards is free, and…

Joining the Irish personalities leading the charge to increase Ireland’s recycling rates today, is former All Ireland Cork camogie winning champion and teamwork advocate, Anna Geary. Anna has vast…

Team Green, powered by Repak, was founded to support Ireland in achieving its new recycling targets which have been set by the European Commission. Ireland needs to increase its plastic recycling by…

Over 10,000 Tonnes of Plastic Waste Avoided Thanks to ‘Plastic Pledge’ – Minister Bruton 66 Industry leaders sign up to the Repak Plastics Pledge, eliminating 27,277 tonnes of C02 from the…

Aldi Stores Ireland is a signatory to Ireland’s Food Waste Charter. Aldi is also partnered with FoodCloud and to date has donated over 1.5 million meals (almost 640 tonnes of surplus food) to…

In 2018 Lucozade Ribena Suntory Ireland Ltd. celebrated the achievement that Ribena had been using 100% recycled plastic in its bottles for over ten years. Lucozade added communication around this to…

Aurivo Co-operative Society is currently investigating the elimination of PVC plastics from the supply chain and replacing these with easily recyclable or compostable alternatives. During 2019 Aurivo…

Musgrave Plc implemented a range of plastic reduction strategies in 2018 which resulted in the removal of 460 tonnes of non-detectable black plastic trays across 44 Fruit & Vegetable product lines.

Britvic Ireland has reduced plastic bottle weights across a number of soft drink categories and in 2018 it reduced bottle weights on its Fruit Shoot range from 16 to 15 grams (6%) and 21 to 17 grams…

Clean Ireland Recycling has been named as the winner of the 2018 Overall Pakman Award, sponsored by Repak, at the fourth annual Pakman Awards. The awards ceremony, which took place at the…

The Pakman Awards, powered by Repak, has announced the shortlist of nominees for 2018. Amongst those shortlisted this year are Repak members Insomnia Coffee Company, Tesco Ireland, Sandymount Hotel,…

Environmental champions needed! Repak has today officially launched Team Green, a new initiative powered by the not for profit recycling scheme, that is designed to educate the Irish public on the…

Ireland must increase its plastic packaging recycling by as much as 80% by 2030 if it is to meet strict EU targets on plastic recycling according to Repak, which says the move will require a ‘major…

Repak, Ireland’s only government-approved recycling compliance scheme, has today released its annual report, announcing that Ireland has surpassed all recycling and recovery targets in 2017 for the…

Leading Irish businesswoman Chanelle, Lady McCoy, alongside Chief Executive of Repak, Seamus Clancy, today launched the call for entries for the 4th annual Pakman Awards. The Pakman Awards is now in…

Packaging Waste Segregation: Making the Most of our Resources. Your business continues to make a vitally important contribution to making Ireland one of Europe’s top recycling nations. However it is…

Irish residents consume an estimated 17.5 million chocolate eggs at Easter. As consumption figures increase, so too will the amount of packaging waste that is generated. The findings from the latest…

Swipe right for recycling! Repak calls on the nation to fall in love with recycling this Valentine’s Day. Over 500 people were questioned for the Repak study, which found that 92% think littering is…

Repak has announced the results of new research* revealing Ireland’s recycling habits over the festive season which shows that while Irish shoppers claim to have the best of intentions, very few…

In anticipation of the excesses of Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the Christmas season, Repak commissioned a report by Dr. Pat McCloughan, Managing Director of PMCA Economic Consulting, on…