This programme is aimed at reducing the amount of material sent to landfill and increasing the volumes recycled. All non recyclable waste material is compacted prior to landfilling at Galway County Council landfill site at Carrowbrowne, Co. Galway. The raw materials used at Nortel are electronic components, packing materials and consumables. There are five diesel tanks on site. In addition, there are two Nitrogen storage tanks containing liquid Nitrogen.
Gas used for cooking in the restaurant is stored in gas cylinders.
There is also an area designated as a storage area for process chemicals. There are three sources of energy used on site. They are electricity, diesel oil and bottled gas. Electricity is madwort and provides all motive power. Bottled gas is used in the kitchen and fed from bottles.