In the first of a three-part investigation, company, planning and legal files show how the waste tycoon is reinvesting funds from the sale of Beauparc into a string of new waste and energy ventures.
Under the name Bia Energy, the waste and energy entrepreneur is accelerating the completion of the beleaguered Dublin anaerobic digestor he acquired from Energia earlier this year.
Wasteland asks the filthy question of where everything we toss in the bin actually goes. It is an unlikely horror story that will haunt your daily life. In this podcast Oliver Franklin-Wallis talks about researching the book and investigating the bad actors that created our waste disaster.
Aisling Ryan leads Ryans Cleaning, a family-owned business that cleans up after concerts, race meetings and major events. The Tipperary businesswoman talks about sustainability, expanding internationally, and the nature of family businesses.
Thrust into a managing director role as a teenager, Jacqueline O'Donovan has bucked every trend in the waste sector. After selling her family's multi-million pound company to a Swedish giant, she's got an open road and many plans.
The former owners of Beauparc are back in the waste and energy business after acquiring the Huntstown biogas project. Developed to generate gas from brown bins, the plant is not yet in commercial operation.
The Irish unit of the US-listed specialist waste collector, which holds the contract for the public health system, has achieved record margins in the past two years.
Entrepreneur Pat Alley has spent three years fighting on multiple fronts. Yet his enthusiasm for Trifol, a potentially game-changing business that turns end-of-life plastic into wax, remains undimmed.
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