Two Cork companies appear on list of the country's worst polluters
Three companies, designated as environmentally-friendly food producers, have appeared on a list of the country's worst polluters.
Carbery Food Ingredients in Ballineen Co Cork, Arrabawn Co-Op in Nenagh County Tipperary, and the Dairy Gold plant in Mallow all have Bord Bia's 'Origin Green' designation.
But the Environmental Protection Agency has placed all three on a watch list of the country's worst performers when it comes to environmental compliance.
They've been named as 'national priority sites' by the EPA, due to the number of incidents, complaints and compliance issues at the facilities.
The Irish Wildlife Trust claims the development exposes the Origin Green scheme as a 'sham', and says it should be scrapped.
The marketing label is promoted as the 'world's first national food sustainability programm
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