# recycling - Sunday 19 June, 2022
# E-waste
# E-waste
WEEE Ireland’s annual report reveals that it collected 18.7 million waste electrical items last year.
# recycling - Friday 3 December, 2021
# Recycling
# Recycling
There’s “significant cause for concern” from these figures according to an EPA Senior Scientist.
# recycling - Friday 19 November, 2021
# Deposit Return Scheme
# Deposit Return Scheme
The drinks industry is to fund and operate the scheme.
# recycling - Friday 17 September, 2021
# Climate Emergency
# Climate Emergency
Mindy O’Brien says the changes to the recycling of plastics should not mean a ‘get out of jail free’ card for plastic manufacturers and businesses.
# recycling - Friday 10 September, 2021
# Recycling
# Recycling
Our recycling rate has continued to decline.
# recycling - Monday 6 September, 2021
# Clean Dry Loose
# Clean Dry Loose
All plastics can now be placed in the household recycling bin once they are clean, dry and loose
# recycling - Friday 20 August, 2021
# Sustainability
# Sustainability
Ten projects will be chosen to receive the funding.
# recycling - Monday 31 May, 2021
# Electrical Recycling
# Electrical Recycling
There was a 9% increase in electronic waste recycling per person last year.
# recycling - Wednesday 16 September, 2020
# Rubbish
# Rubbish
Recycling of packaging waste has declined from 70% in 2013 to 64% in 2018.
# recycling - Friday 4 September, 2020
# Eamon Ryan
# Eamon Ryan
The five-year plan aims to “place Ireland at the vanguard of EU efforts”.
# recycling - Sunday 23 August, 2020
# Recycling
# Recycling
WEEE Ireland said it recovered 3,763 tonnes of electrical waste in July.
# recycling - Sunday 24 November, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
Dublin City Council is considering a re-trial of street recycling bins.
# Waste Management
# Waste Management
The council previously trialed the idea at two city centre locations in 2018.
# recycling - Thursday 14 November, 2019
# Recycling
# Recycling
The initial trial will run for four weeks in seven restaurants in the UK and Ireland.
# recycling - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
# Recycling
# Recycling
A levy on fast-food takeaway containers is also on the way.
# recycling - Monday 30 September, 2019
# Monaghan
# Monaghan
The machine is located in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan.
# recycling - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
# Ireland 2029
# Ireland 2029
In the latest episode of Ireland 2029, we’ve looked at the country going plastic free before the end of the next decade.
# recycling - Thursday 27 June, 2019
# Flying The Green Flag
# Flying The Green Flag
Ireland currently recycles 33% of all plastics, which needs to rise to 50% in 2025 and 55% by 2030 to meet EU targets.
# recycling - Friday 21 June, 2019
# Voluntary
# Voluntary
The system is supposed to help consumers see which items are widely recycled, and which aren’t recyclable.
# recycling - Monday 10 June, 2019
# Recycling
# Recycling
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement today.
# recycling - Monday 20 May, 2019
# Recycling
# Recycling
Public agencies will have to reduce food waste, promote water conservation, and roll out recycling practices.
# recycling - Wednesday 10 April, 2019
# Recycling
# Recycling
The supermarket chain said that recycling stations will rolled out next month.
# recycling - Saturday 26 January, 2019
# Recycling
# Recycling
Supermarkets have pledged that they take extensive efforts at recycling , but do they have to accept if you want to leave them behind?
# recycling - Monday 31 December, 2018
# Microbeads
# Microbeads
Unnecessary use of the plastics will be completely banned in the public sector.
# recycling - Monday 19 November, 2018
# Samantha Ravndahl
From The Daily Edge
# Samantha Ravndahl
Her reasoning for doing so is pretty sound.
# recycling - Tuesday 23 October, 2018
# Recycling
# Recycling
The Green Party said Ireland is sitting on its hands and waiting for the EU to legislate on plastics.
# recycling - Sunday 7 October, 2018
# Your Say
# Your Say
Lidl has confirmed that by next year it will have discontinued the sale of single-use plastics in its Irish stores.
# Environment
# Environment
But they aren’t going as far as their stores in the UK just yet.
# recycling - Wednesday 19 September, 2018
# OFF TARGET
# OFF TARGET
According to Repak, Ireland’s plastic recycling must increase to 175,000 tonnes by 2030 to reach new EU targets.
# recycling - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
Recyclable and compostable options are only truly beneficial if they end up, and are processed, in the correct waste facility, writes industry expert Brian O’Sullivan.
# recycling - Thursday 19 July, 2018
# Latte Levy
# Latte Levy
There is talk that a so-called latte levy might be introduced to combat waste.
# recycling - Thursday 5 July, 2018
# Going Green
# Going Green
The changes are part of the restaurant’s green initiative which is being rolled out across all 110 outlets.
# recycling - Sunday 1 July, 2018
# Waste Reduction
# Waste Reduction
Minister Denis Naughten is currently considering a range of environmental levies on single-use plastic products.
# recycling - Thursday 14 June, 2018
# E-waste
# E-waste
Enough iron for 2.5 Eiffel towers and enough copper for 27 Statues of Liberty was recovered.
# recycling - Thursday 24 May, 2018
# Recycling
# Recycling
The Environment Committee voted to ensure the set up of a bottle deposit scheme is compulsory.
# recycling - Friday 27 April, 2018
# Charging
# Charging
The charges have been blamed on China’s decision to stop accepting and processing recycling materials.
# recycling - Saturday 31 March, 2018
# Your Say
# Your Say
Dublin City Council is set to look at banning the cups.
# recycling - Monday 19 March, 2018
# Going Green
# Going Green
On average Irish adults drink four hot drinks a week, with those aged 16-24 are the biggest spenders.
# recycling - Wednesday 14 March, 2018
# Green Bins
# Green Bins
The company said it will be charging 80 cents per lift and 4.5 cents per kilogramme.
# recycling - Tuesday 27 February, 2018
# Your Say
# Your Say
Cheap, disposable clothing has a big environmental impact.
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