Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed)

3:30 pm

Mr. Cormac Healy:

Yes. All of the major processors are part of Origin Green. The kinds of initiatives that they are involved in at plant level include water usage reduction during processing and heat-to-energy recovery systems, many of which are in place. We use energy and have cooling systems, but we are also using hot water. Another initiative is waste reduction. These are some of the targets and we would be happy to forward a complete list of the particular initiatives to the committee.