ACE Ireland strongly advocates for dedicated sorting of beverage cartons in Ireland’s material recovery facilities (MRFs) into a single stream which will significantly improve the recycling process of cartons placed on the Irish market.

In July 2023, ACE Ireland announced a major new partnership with Panda which included the installation of state-of-the-art robotic sorting technology at Ireland’s largest MRF in Ballymount, Dublin. Using ground-breaking artificial intelligence as accurate as the human eye, the robot will identify, pick and sort cartons at the MRF into their own dedicated streams. The sorted materials will then be sent onwards to the specialised carton recycling facility in the UK operated by Sonoco Stainland.