Ireland surpasses all EU recycling targets including plastics, glass and metal
Ireland currently recycles 33% of all plastics, which needs to rise to 50% in 2025 and 55% by 2030 to meet EU targets.
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Ireland currently recycles 33% of all plastics, which needs to rise to 50% in 2025 and 55% by 2030 to meet EU targets.
Supermarkets have pledged that they take extensive efforts at recycling, but do they have to accept if you want to leave them behind?
Repak wants online retailers to contribute to recycling efforts being made here in Ireland.
Dr Tara Shine said lessons were learned from the plastic bag levy and people should be rewarded for recycling.
There was a significant increase in the level of plastic recycled.
Just one piece of contaminated packaging can ruin an entire recycling bin.
Over a third of all recycling or green bins are contaminated with things like electrical goods and liquids.
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Repak expects to recycle 44,000 tonnes of packaging waste over the Christmas period.
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