A Tipperary company has been warned by the EPA to improve its environmental performance or face further sanction.
The Environmental Protection Agency has launched a new enforcement initiative to drive further environmental compliance at industrial and waste facilities.
Licensed facilities with the poorest compliance status are identified as National Priority Sites for enforcement using a new system developed by the EPA.
Tipperary Co-Operative Creamery Ltd – which is based in Tipp town – is among the five sites named by the agency.
Mary Frances Rochford is a senior inspector for the EPA.
Also included on the EPA list are T&J Standish who operate a sawmills near Leap Castle in County Offaly – just a few kilometres from Roscrea and Rosderra Irish Meats which is headquartered in Offaly but has a processing plant in Roscrea.
