The Zero Waste Blog

There’s a sweeter smell in the air around Cork Harbour this sunny afternoon. You can hear the collective community sighs. After a three year wait we have a glimmer of hope in the form of a High Court decision that vindicates a committed community’s claim to a safe environment and clean air. Today (Friday 19th Mar 2021) the High Court’s Mr Justice David Barniville ruled that Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment (CHASE) was entitled to succeed on 2 of its 11 grounds of

Ringaskiddy Incinerator Proposal – wrong place, wrong time, wrong solution. There’s more than a whiff of toxic smoke from this project – ( Application to An Bord Pleanála by Indaver Ireland Limited for Planning Permission for a Proposed  Incinerator at Ringaskiddy, County Cork An Bord Pleanála Reference PL04.PA0045) – and the arrogance exhibited by both an Bord Pleanala, the EPA and the Co Co Council Executive Management. Whiff of  suspicious smoke. Firstly An Bord Pleanála 

From Bundoran to Bunyola, waste in haste. Nestled on the North west coast of  Majorca, in the spurs of the Serra de Tramuntana, just 9 miles from Majorca’s Capital, Palma , lies the picturesque town of Bunyola.  It’s just 2,572 km from Bundoran, but unlike Bundoran its 5,475 inhabitants (double that of Bundoran)  have a serious concern.  They live near a large Incinerator that is operating below full capacity (like many others in Europe). But proposals currently before the Go