Opinion: Why the planet needs us to cut our consumption this Christmas
Environmental campaigner Lyndsey O’Connell explains how our online festive shopping habits are leading to an excess of cardboard and plastic waste.
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Environmental campaigner Lyndsey O’Connell explains how our online festive shopping habits are leading to an excess of cardboard and plastic waste.
The five-year plan aims to “place Ireland at the vanguard of EU efforts”.
The by-law will be available for public consultation soon.
Plastic bags containing coffee grounds, instant noodle packs and other items were found in the deer’s stomach.
Minister Richard Bruton said he has met with all supermarket chains about reducing their waste.
In the latest episode of Ireland 2029, we’ve looked at the country going plastic free before the end of the next decade.
‘It really is shocking to find plastic waste so far off-shore and so deep in the ocean.’
A ban on single-use plastics in Ireland won’t make a dent in ocean plastic pollution, while just five developing nations are the source of most of the pollution, writes Barry Dunning.
Planned on-shore and on-board facilities could help solve the problem.
Eight million tonnes of plastic are dumped into the Earth’s oceans and seas each year.
Pubs are already on board the initiative which is part of their entry into the 2018 Tidy Towns competition.
Similar schemes are already in place in Germany, Sweden and Denmark.