EPA Prosecutes Rilta Environmental Limited (W0192-03)

Hearing Date: February 11, 2022

On 11^th February 2022 the Environmental Protection Agency prosecuted Rilta Environmental Limited, Greenogue Business Park, Greenogue, Rathcoole, County Dublin at Dublin Metropolitan District Court.

Rilta Environmental Limited pleaded guilty to breaching a condition of its Industrial Emissions Licence (W0192-03) by:

• Failing on the 13^th day of March 2019 to comply with Condition 11.11(iv) of its Industrial Emissions Licence, in that, a full record was not kept on site on matters relating to the waste management operations and practices containing details of the ultimate disposal/recovery destination facility for liquid mercury waste and its appropriateness to accept the consigned waste stream.

Judge Halpin convicted Rilta Environmental Limited on the above charge and imposed a fine of €1,000.  Costs were also awarded.