Soltec enters a new chapter following Tradebe’s acquisition of a majority stake in the business, strengthening its capabilities and creating new opportunities across the Irish and UK environmental services markets.
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As economies intensify their focus on circularity and carbon reduction, Soltec (Ireland) Ltd is closing out 2025 with a sweep of national honours that underline its growing influence in sustainable waste management.
Our CEO, David Corcoran, has been awarded the Ernst & Young Sustainability Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2025 recognising Soltec’s leadership in developing innovative, low‑carbon recycling pathways for hazardous and non‑hazardous waste.
Soltec (Ireland) Ltd. has been recognised with the Excellence in Business Waste Management Solutions Award 2025, celebrating the company’s innovation and leadership in sustainable waste management.
Soltec CEO, David Corcoran, has been announced as a finalist for the 2025 Ernst and Young Entrepeneur of the Year Award 2025. David is a finalist in the international business category, in recognition of Soltec as an innovative business that recovers and recycles hazardous waste for multi-national companies.
Soltec recently opened its newly installed distillation plant, the culmination of a €6.8 million investment programme to expand the company’s capacity to accept, treat and recycle hazardous waste from around the country.
As a result of this investment, Soltec has increased its capacity to treat hazardous waste by 300% (from 5000 tonnes in 2019 to 20,000 tonnes in 2024).
In October 2024, Soltec celebrated thirty years in business, providing hazardous waste solutions to Irish companies.
Soltec marked this milestone in business with a special event attended by Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Peter Burke TD. Speaking at the event, Minister Burke remarked that: ‘Firms like Soltec are a vital component of our sustainability measures, to improve our economy.’
In October, Soltec was awarded the top accolade at the 2024 Pakman Awards. The Overall Pakman Award was awarded to the company for its dedication in providing sustainable solutions in the waste management sector over the last 30 years.
Soltec also won the Waste Recycling and Recovery Facility of the Year Award, for their commitment to advancing waste management practices in support of a circular economy. The company was also shortlisted for the Innovation in Waste Resource Products or Services Award.
Soltec was recently shortlisted for two prestigious awards in recognition of its innovation in providing sustainable solutions in the waste management sector.
Soltec was shortlisted for the Pakman Innovation in Waste Resource Products and Services Award.
The Pakman Awards are Ireland’s leading National Environmental Awards that recognise excellence in recycling and waste management in Ireland.
In October, Minister of State for Local Government and Planning, Peter Burke TD, opened Sotec’s new tank farm and treatment facility.
The opening of the state-of-the-art facility is a culmination of a multi-million investment programme that began in 2016. Minister Burke stated that “Soltec not only puts Mullingar on the national stage but on an international platform.”
Soltec continues to demonstrate its commitment to sustainability, this time through the installation of an extensive solar array.
The solar array is situated on the roof of Soltec’s recently opened treatment facility in Mullingar.