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WE MUST ALL be feeling generous this year, as the average number of Easter eggs people plan to give is three.
That’s according to Repak, which says that last year, almost 17 million Easter eggs were sold.
But we’re not so brilliant at recycling, so Repak has launched an Easter campaign to try and get us to sort out our waste this weekend.
This year, according to its survey:
Irish households generated nearly 40,000 tonnes of used packaging in Easter 2013 – but Easter egg packaging still only accounts for less than 2 per cent (500 tonnes) of all packaging consumed over Easter.
With this in mind, Repak are encouraging consumers to recycle their packaging waste over the holiday period.
Alcohol
Forty per cent of people surveyed predicted they will spend over €40 on alcohol over the Easter break, but just 30 per cent are planning to drink alcohol tomorrow on Good Friday.
Who’s least likely to observe an alcohol-free Good Friday? Dubliners – 41 per cent are planning to drink on tomorrow, while just 23 per cent of people in Munster are planning to drink then.
When surveyed, 64 per cent of children and 59 per cent women nationwide expect to get up to four Easter eggs… but are not likely to give them.
Once again, Dubliners stood out – this time as being the most demanding, with 10 per cent expecting to receive over four eggs.
Recyclers
Repak looked at who was recycling during the Easter break and found that middle aged and mature adults are the best recyclers during the Easter break.
Munster is the county with the best intentions of recycling during the Easter break.
You can find out about the bring bank locations and recycling centres near you by visiting this website.
Mind those pints
Meanwhile, drinkaware.ie is encouraging people to “remember the morning after” if drinking alcohol while socialising this weekend.
Its Chief Executive, Fionnuala Sheehan said that according to official Garda figures, 124 drivers were arrested for “driving under the influence” (DUI) over the Easter bank holiday weekend last year.
This weekend, each Garda Division will be carrying out a series of checkpoints on Irish roads.
There were over 400 incidents of “drivers under the influence” between the hours of 8am to 1pm on Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings in the period from 1 January to 27 September 2013.
In that period, on Saturday mornings, 101 detections were made by Gardaí; on Sunday mornings the number was 208, more than five times greater than the mid-week detection figure.
Drinkaware.ie also has some practical tips on making the most of the Bank Holiday weekend and getting home safely:
You can find out how many drinks you have on a night out by using the drinks calculator on www.drinkaware.ie.
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