Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
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Interested in Screening our Seagrass Documentary?
Screen Our Seagrass Documentary: Bring the Hidden Life Beneath Our Shores to Your Event! We want to cooperate with you! If you want to screen of our documentary, “SEAGRASS: The…
Report on the EESC Meeting about Civil Society
The conference organised by the European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC) Civil Society Organisations՚ Group in the University College Cork, 30 June 2026. Report to the Board and Members of…
Seagrass, Stories, Science – Our first Documentary Screening done!
A report from the Premiere of “SEAGRASS: The Hidden Life Beneath Our Shores” at the University of Galway. On 16 June 2026 it was finally time: Zero Waste Alliance Ireland…
Seagrass: The Hidden Life Beneath our Shores
A documentary by ZWAI – Out now!
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Our New Seagrass Documentary is Out Now!
Text updated 29.07.2026. At Zero Waste Alliance Ireland, we’re excited to share a first look at a project we’ve been quietly working on over the past few months: A full length documentary exploring one of Ireland’s most overlooked climate heroes: Seagrass. Launched in Summer 2026, this film takes viewers beneath the surface of Ireland’s coastline…
Turning Urine into Fertiliser: The Struvite Project in Festivals and Communities
We’re exploring innovative ways to recycle nutrients and close the loop and one of our most exciting initiatives is the Struvite Phosphorous Project. Last summer, we brought the project to Éalú le Grá Festival 2025, where we demonstrated how urine can be recycled to create struvite, a natural fertiliser that is safe for use in…
The ZWAI Biodigester: Turning Festival Food Waste Into Compost
We’re experimenting with ways to reduce organic waste, and one of the tools we’ve been using is a mobile biodigester. You may have seen it at events like Body & Soul 2023, where it was used to turn food waste into nutrient-rich compost. Unlike high-heat composting systems, this biodigester works at very low temperatures, using…
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ZWAI promotes a rethink of current discard, disposal practices and works towards a circular economy. We are engaged at national and EU level in policy initiatives and information campaigns.