Over 10 million tonnes of recyclable materials have been diverted from landfills since 1997.
This has led to the number of landfills decreasing from 126 to just 4.
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Repak has released the figures to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Ireland ranks the 7th highest country in the EU by recycling and recovering 91% of all packaging waste.
In the last twenty years, we’ve recycled 8 billion plastic bottles, 7 billion glass bottles, 6 billion aluminium cans and 4 million tonnes of paper and cardboard.
