Thorntons Recycling

Thorntons Recycling: waste management and recycling in Ireland

Thorntons Recycling is an Irish family-owned company founded in 1979 by Pádraig Thornton and his wife Carmel Thornton. Based in Parkwest Business Park, Dublin 12, it presents itself as a comprehensive waste management solution and operates with more than 500 employees. The company serves over 77,000 household customers and 5,500 commercial customers every day, according to data published on its website.

Services for households and businesses

The company structures its activity into three main areas: household collection, commercial collection and skip hire. For households it offers waste collection and recycling services, while for the commercial sector it provides food waste collection, bin and recycling services. It also provides document destruction (shredding) services and manages civic amenity sites.

Coverage areas

Thorntons Recycling provides service in the regions of Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow. The company states that it serves both household and commercial customers in these areas.

Commitment to recycling and investment

The company states that more than 90% of the waste it processes is recycled, and that in 2021 it achieved a recycling and recovery rate of 92% following the refurbishment of its materials recovery facility on Killeen Road. Over the years it has invested more than 80 million euros in facilities, processes, fleet and equipment. Its milestones include the opening of the Killeen Road materials recovery facility in 1999, the wood chipping facility in Kill (Co. Kildare) and the introduction of green recycling bins in Ireland between 2001 and 2003, the opening of the Dunboyne materials recovery facility and the Kilmainhamwood composting facility between 2004 and 2006, and the launch of the solid recovered fuel process at Killeen Road and the mixed dry recyclables (MDR) facility at Parkwest between 2009 and 2011. Between 2013 and 2015 it introduced brown bin compost collection in Meath and Wicklow, and installed more optical sorting equipment at the Parkwest MDR facility.

Certifications and standards

Thorntons Recycling declares itself an ISO accredited company. Its services and processes comply with international standards 9001, 14001, 15713 and 45001.

Corporate profile

The company defines itself as an Irish family business with more than four decades of activity, focused on offering competitive value for money. Its stated mission is to maintain customer service as the main factor in its growth and development, and it states that it continues to invest in its brand, its facilities and its people.

Location and contact

Unit S3B Henry Road, Parkwest Business Park, Dublin 12. D12 AC2X · Phone: (01) 623 5133 · Email: info@thorntons-recycling.ie