Press Statement – 1st May 2002 - Ardagh Glass Closure:
Ringsend Plant is Critical for Recycling Strategy
Socialist Party calls on Minister for the Environment to take Immediate Initiative
Cllr. Clare Daly (Dublin North)
Joe Higgins T.D. (Dublin West)
The Socialist Party
We have today
written to the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Mr. Dempsey,
calling on him to take immediate steps to secure the future of the Ardagh Glass
factory in Ringsend.
The Ringsend
facility is critical to the future of any serious glass recycling strategies in
this state.
We have
called on the Minister to take an immediate initiative involving the workers at
the Ringsend plant; local authorities which have critical responsibilities in
waste management and Rehab Industries which collects 80% of glass that is
currently recycled, with a view to keeping the plant working in public
ownership.
By putting
the Ringsend plant at the center of an ambitious national glass recycling programme
and bringing the workers to the heart of management of the plant, it is
entirely possible to secure jobs and take a step forward in waste management.
For further information contact
Cllr. Clare Daly or Joe Higgins T.D
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