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COVID-19: 24/7 Emergency Plant Service

As the waste industry strives to maintain essential services while safeguarding the health and wellbeing of all its people, Turmec remains committed to providing our clients with business-critical back-up. Following recent government directives regarding COVID-19, Ireland is enforcing special measures to delay the spread of the pandemic. We have closed our factory and suspended production […]

Higher efficiency and output at waste-to-fuel plant

More value is being extracted from residual household waste – and more efficiently – following the completion of a processing plant in south-east Ireland. Commissioned in February, Glanway’s facility in Waterford produces alternative fuels, while also recovering metals and organic fines for re-use from the domestic waste collected across the south of the country. Now […]

COVID-19 Update

It’s business as usual at Turmec during COVID-19 Following the recent government directive regarding COVID-19, Ireland is now officially in delay phase, but we are taking this opportunity to reassure you that it is business as usual at Turmec during the current crisis. The health and well-being of our teams – onsite and on the […]

Hills’ advanced MRF goes live in Wiltshire

Waste collected from households across Wiltshire is now being recycled at a new facility designed and built by Turmec. Hills Waste Solutions began operating the MRF on 9 March. Located at Sands Farm in Calne, the facility treats commingled recyclable materials collected at the kerbside by Hills from around 220,000 households under a contract with […]

COVID-19 Business Continuity Plan

To all our clients and colleagues, As part of the Irish Government’s response to the national emergency that is the COVID-19 pandemic, employees are being advised to work from home when possible so, as of tomorrow, 17th March, all of Turmec, with the exclusion of production and on-site staff, will be working remotely. We want […]

Safety management meets best practice benchmark

Turmec’s system for managing health and safety in our factory and at client sites is now accredited to the new international standard, ISO 45001. An independent audit at the end of January confirmed that our procedures meet the current benchmark. Previously we were registered to the ISO 18001 standard it replaces. Prior to our application, […]

Turmec strengthens UK arm with MD for Spares and Service

We are proud to announce and welcome Simon Mercer as the company’s UK Managing Director for Spares and Service. Turmec has strengthened its UK operation with the appointment of Simon Mercer as Managing Director for Spares and Service. In this new role, Simon Mercer will support Turmec’s expanding activities in the sale and supply of […]

A BINGO moment for aggregate recycling

December 2019 will see a significant milestone for the re-use of fines as aggregate – in Australia and the world – as a ground-breaking processing plant is commissioned. Turmec’s hybrid dry and wet plant for BINGO Industries is the first recycling facility of its kind. The waste management group, which serves New South Wales and […]