# waste - Thursday 28 November, 2019
Illegal dumping is a major problem for communities across the country.
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# waste - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
A levy on fast-food takeaway containers is also on the way.
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# waste - Sunday 20 October, 2019
This Bill would leapfrog over the government’s strategy, which Fianna Fáil has said is slow to materialise.
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# waste - Saturday 21 September, 2019
Events for the Big Beach Clean 2019 are happening around the country this weekend.
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# waste - Saturday 31 August, 2019
Last year, bulldozers were brought in to clear thousands of leftover tents after Electric Picnic.
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# waste - Friday 30 August, 2019
It is definitely possible to significantly reduce your day-to-day waste … but it’s harder than it sounds.
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# waste - Monday 19 November, 2018
Her reasoning for doing so is pretty sound.
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# waste - Sunday 9 September, 2018
Next Saturday, groups who take part join together to clean up illegal waste in their local area.
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# waste - Saturday 8 September, 2018
Green Party Councillor Claire Byrne knows all about trying to keep festival sites clean – and says we need to stop seeing tents as disposable, and look at what we can do to clean up after ourselves.
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# waste - Monday 3 September, 2018
One festival attendee said that there was “millions of euro worth of stuff left behind”.
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# waste - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
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.
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# waste - Sunday 8 July, 2018
Eight million tonnes of plastic are dumped into the Earth’s oceans and seas each year.
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# waste - Sunday 18 March, 2018
An anti-dumping initiative supported 229 projects across the country last year.
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# waste - Tuesday 27 February, 2018
An Bord Pleanala says a decision will be made within three months.
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# waste - Sunday 4 February, 2018
A new initiative is helping businesses move towards a zero food waste strategy.
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# waste - Saturday 3 February, 2018
We talked to them to find out more about the reasons behind the decision.
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# waste - Sunday 28 January, 2018
These operations were run by the Pure project, which has been running for the last ten years.
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# waste - Saturday 6 January, 2018
As a kid I remember collecting old Cidona bottles from the hedgerows and receiving five pence from the local shop for each one that I returned, writes Ciarán Cuffe.
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# waste - Monday 27 November, 2017
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
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# waste - Friday 24 November, 2017
Repak wants online retailers to contribute to recycling efforts being made here in Ireland.
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# waste - Monday 30 October, 2017
The minister talks electric cars and why Michael Healy Rae is wrong to say they’re total rubbish.
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# waste - Sunday 17 September, 2017
Dr Tara Shine said lessons were learned from the plastic bag levy and people should be rewarded for recycling.
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# waste - Tuesday 29 August, 2017
Irish Cement wants to burn tyres and other industrial waste at its factory in Mungret.
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# waste - Monday 28 August, 2017
Greyhound Household has released video footage of Dublin residents verbally abusing staff members.
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# waste - Thursday 6 July, 2017
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
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# waste - Wednesday 5 July, 2017
“We are in the House of Parliament on national television,” cried out the Leas Ceann Comhairle.
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# waste - Thursday 29 June, 2017
Both Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil have tabled motions on the issue.
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# waste - Wednesday 28 June, 2017
The mandatory pay-by-weight scheme is to be scrapped.
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# waste - Tuesday 27 June, 2017
The controversial pay-by-weight scheme has been replaced with this new regime.
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# waste - Wednesday 21 June, 2017
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
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# waste - Tuesday 20 June, 2017
The activist group ‘Parents Against the Incinerator’ are holding a meeting this evening. Here’s a bit of what will be discussed.
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# waste - Saturday 3 June, 2017
There is a lot of money to be made from maggot animal feed and manure.
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# waste - Wednesday 24 May, 2017
The PSNI said that the boy is currently receiving treatment in hospital after it is believed he came into contact with the hazardous substance.
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# waste - Sunday 21 May, 2017
It comes after the pay-by-weight scheme was delayed last year.
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# waste - Thursday 18 May, 2017
What do you really think? Be honest.
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# waste - Thursday 11 May, 2017
Not picking up after your dog can land you with a fine of up to €150.
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# waste - Sunday 7 May, 2017
CRH subsidiary Roadstone has been delayed from filling a disused quarry with construction refuse.
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# waste - Wednesday 3 May, 2017
The plant has been gearing up for its first day of operations, in a process known as ‘hot commissioning’.
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# waste - Tuesday 28 March, 2017
There are also plans to give some money back to those who paid the charges.
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# waste - Wednesday 22 March, 2017
FoodCloud, an organisation helping to combat this, has gone from strength to strength in the last five years.
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