OM Recycling Investigated following Residents’ Concerns over Tyre Storage

OM Recycling’s tyre recycling depot in Mayobridge, County Down, Northern Ireland is facing an investigation by the Environmental Crime Unit following residents’ complaints. OM Recycling has around 400,000 tyres stockpiled at the facility, some of which are stored outside the company’s licensed area, say BBC news reports. The Environment minister Edwin Poots told Auntie of the “significant risk to human health and the environment” posed by the tyre pile, while SDLP councillor Josephine O’Hare said she was aghast at the quantities of tyres, though “nobody wants to stop anybody doing their business”. OM Recycling responded that it is co-operating with the Environment Agency and that it is committed to resolving issues at its “secure” site.