Fianna Fáil Tipperary TD Jackie Cahill is welcoming plans for the creation of new jobs at Trifol Resources in Lanespark, near Littleton over the coming years.
Deputy Cahill and his party colleague, Minister for Finance, Jack Chambers TD, visited the state of the facility at the former BNM Briquette Factory on Friday, September 6th.
This project will convert waste plastic into useful by-products including possibly sustainable aviation fuel.
Commercial production commenced at the Lanespark plant in June of this year, and now agreements have been reached with Shell Chemicals Europe to purchase all of Trifol’s ‘Pyrolysis’ oil, and further agreements have been made with the German giant H&R (Hansen und Rosenthal) to purchase Trifol’s sustainable wax, which is also produced in the pyrolysis production.
The plant already employs 15 people and this will increase to 30 in 2025. Expansion plans are already in place to add 12 more reactors which will increase the number of people employed to 70 by 2030. Some 45 people have already been involved in the build out of the plant over the last two years.
The company received capital support from the EU LIFE Programme and the Irish Government’s Climate Action Fund.
