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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Apr 22, 2021
- 5 min
CEIGS Grants.... Worth the Effort?
CEIGS ANALYSIS and THOUGHTS. If you’re considering applying for funding from the Government’s newly minted CEIGS scheme then read on. If...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Apr 14, 2021
- 5 min
Easter Eggstras Clean-Up
The Easter egg chocolate is all eaten, Easter has drawn to a close. The packaging is still with us however and as the Waste collection...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
Cork Energy Cluster New Focus on the CE
We are delighted to see that this year’s Cork Energy Cluster conference will have a Zero Waste and Sustainability theme. At their annual...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Clean Air Boost, Courtesy of Our High Court
There’s a sweeter smell in the air around Cork Harbour this sunny afternoon. You can hear the collective community sighs. After a three...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Feb 19, 2021
- 8 min
Recycling by the Numbers
Mass production of plastics, which began just six decades ago, has accelerated so rapidly that it has created 8.3 billion metric...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Feb 2, 2021
- 6 min
Is Our National Air Pollution Control Plan Out of Control?
There’s a whiff of inadequacy and low ambition about our Government’s draft National Air Pollution Control Plan. We need a more...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Jan 28, 2021
- 3 min
Water, Water Everywhere! But, so is the Waste.
Photo Courtesy Unsplash – Steve Halama At Zero Waste Alliance Ireland (ZWAI) we hate to waste any resource , whether it’s food ,money...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Aug 21, 2020
- 4 min
Programme For Government 2020 – Sailing Blind?
The recent publication of the new Coalition Government’s agreed programme for government , called the ‘Programme for Government – Our...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Jun 26, 2020
- 4 min
Time to Rethink the EU-Mercosur Agreement!
Sign the Call for EU Council presidency to stop the EU-Mercosur Agreement Sign the Call for German EU Council presidency to stop the...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- May 21, 2020
- 5 min
EU Waste Prevention and Reuse Laws – deadline July 2020.
‘oh my my oh my my ,oh my my July’ go the words of a popular song by Mundy. (It’s a cracker and you can check it out on youtube). The...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Mar 10, 2020
- 2 min
Ethical Clothes For Little Zero Wasters
SHOPPING FOR FASHION ? Cool, ethical clothes for little ZERO WASTERS We recently covered the rise of slow fashion and extolled zero...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Mar 9, 2020
- 3 min
Covid-19: DIY Sanitizer
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to increase all over the world, you’ve likely noticed a shortage of hand sanitizer in your...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
Vote Circular For #GE2020
Europe is already on board the circular economy express train. We’re fully behind this but all of Ireland needs to get on board , and...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Nov 6, 2019
- 3 min
Sick Of Plastic? Tell Minister Bruton and Act.
A ‘Plastic Bottle Rally’ will take place at the doorsteps of Minister for the Environment’s office on Nov 6th 2019 at 1pm to demand...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- May 8, 2019
- 3 min
Return to Vendor.
Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland. We love GOOD NEWS. And that’s what the Scottish Government has delivered today. They’ve announced a...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Apr 15, 2019
- 3 min
Greener Guinness
We thought that Green Guinness was only a St Patrick’s day stunt, but now a greener Guinness seems to be popping up. That’s what the...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Jun 15, 2018
- 2 min
Cooling the fires – Incineration subsidies to be phased out in the EU
EU Member States to phase-out subsidies for incineration. 14/06/18 . @Europarl_EN & @EUCouncil bring #RenewableEnergy more in line with...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- May 31, 2018
- 2 min
Incinerator permission – a Toxic Decision
Today the clouds were in the early morning sky for the first time in 4 days. They brought more than a welcome shade, however. As I...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Jan 8, 2018
- 4 min
Waking up from our coffee cup nightmare
Photo courtesy of Takahiro Sakamoto on Unsplash The UK starts to wake up from a coffee cup nightmare, but we’re still snoring here. Ring...
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Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
- Nov 1, 2017
- 4 min
Dirty Water : Wastewater treatment opportunity.
Image courtesy Peter Hershey The recent EPA report on the Quality of our Wastewater treatment in 2016 highlights that there’s a lot to...
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