We strive to make a positive impact wherever we can. We embrace our responsibilities towards the local community and there are a number of ways in which we support and engage with people and organisations nearby.
We strive to make a positive impact wherever we can. We embrace our responsibilities towards the local community and there are a number of ways in which we support and engage with people and organisations nearby.
Our Community Gain Fund provides financial assistance to community based clubs/groups, voluntary organisations, schools/colleges and businesses for the development of community, educational, recreational, environmental and local heritage projects and works which benefit the neighbouring communities of Irishtown, Ringsend and Sandymount.
More than €10 million has been allocated to date, with an additional annual contribution of €600,000 based on the annual throughput of waste in future years.
For more information, please visit the Dublin City Council Community Gain Fund page via the link below.
Beneficiaries of the Community Gain Fund include:
During the construction of the Dublin Waste to Energy Facility, over 300 jobs were created, of which more than 50 were given to people from the local Eastside + Docklands Employment Service. A number of these have now secured permanent employment at the facility.
Now in operation, the facility provides approximately 100 jobs, including 60 full-time roles at the facility and 35-40 full-time contractor and service support roles.
As part of our commitment to being a good neighbour, we are pleased to welcome tour groups to the Dublin Waste to Energy facility. Since beginning operations, we have hosted school groups, community organisations, government officials and many others.
If you are interested in arranging a group visit to the facility, please email dublininfo@encyclis.com or telephone 01-6032100.
“My sincere thanks for your help in organising today's tour to the facility, for taking the time to present your work so comprehensively and for accompanying us on the tour.”
Deirdre Ní Cheallaigh Strategic Projects Manager, Rediscovery Centre
“Many thanks for accommodating the group from the NTMA yesterday, the feedback from the group has been very positive and appreciative of the time you gave to facilitate us.”
Simon Leonard, Senior Design Manager, National Development Finance Agency
Over 180 visitors toured the facility as part of Architectural Ireland's Open House Dublin weekend event. Alongside 12 other cities in Europe, Open House Dublin placed a focus on sustainability, highlighting sustainable practice through building visits.
In June 2023, the Dublin team welcomed Patrick Child, the European Commission's Deputy Director for General Environment. He was visiting Dublin and wanted to see some of the initiatives undertaken by the city to combat climate change.
More than 200 members of the public visited during this Open House in October 2019.
We welcomed The Hon Gary Gray AO, Australian Ambassador to Ireland in March 2022 for an engaging presentation and discussion followed by a comprehensive tour of the plant.
Representatives of both Dublin City Council and Belfast City Council visited the Dublin Waste to Energy facility in November 2022 for a tour of the plant and a presentation on district heating. The Lord Mayors of both councils (Caroline Conroy of Dublin and Christina Black of Belfast) were among those who attended.
Ireland͛'s leading environmental management and award programme, returned to DWTE in July 2022 for the first time since 2019 for face to face learning about the Waste to Energy process.
Eamonn O’Reilly, CEO of Dublin Port Company, and Cormac Kennedy, DPC Head of Property, visited DWTE for a site tour in July 2022 and took the opportunity to view the port from a new vantage point—on the roof of the plant.
Cai Qi, the Party Chairman of Beijing, led a delegation to tour the facility in May 2018.