Thorntons Recycling, founded in 1979 is a privately owned family run Waste Management and Recycling business.  Employing more than 450 staff supplying customer services to over 60,000 Household customers and 5,000 Commercial customers in Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow.

The company operates a number of EPA licensed facilities and a number of permitted facilities in its main catchment areas. The facilities focus on Recycling and Recovering as much of the material received and reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill. This enables the company to offer its customers a premium value for money service.

Current operations include: 

* Materials Recovery Facility at Killeen Road, Dublin 10 (EPA Licensed 250k tonnes per annum)
* Materials Recovery Facility at Dunboyne, Co Meath (EPA Licensed for 50k tonnes per annum)
* Composting Facility at Kilmainhamwood, Co Meath (EPA Licensed for 40k tonnes per annum)
* Dry Mixed Recyclables Facility at Park West, Dublin 10 (Dublin City Council permit for 50,000 tonnes per annum
*  Secure Confidential Shredding Facility at Parkwest, Dublin 10

The company holds ISO Certification for its Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001), Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001) and Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSAS18001) and EN15713 accreditation for its Confidential Shredding facility

Thorntons had a Waste Recovery rate of 90% for 2017.