Lagan plans to incinerate bone meal

One of Ireland’s leading cement producers is planning to substitute nearly half its coal requirements with meat and bone meal.

Lagan Cement, which operates a cement plant and two quarries near Kinnegad in Co. Meath, is planning to incinerate meat and bone meal to fire the kilns, which produce the cement.

A spokesman for the company said an Environmental Impact Statement produced by the company formed part of the research the company had undertaken as part of its obligations to reduce the use of fossil fuels under the Kyoto Protocol.

Meath County Council and the Environment Protection Agency said on Thursday (April 21) that they were unaware of the company’s plans.