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Brexit Waste Cross Border Impacts
Brexit will bring some unique challenges to the Irish Republic. But maybe, in all the political hype, we’re overlooking a very very obvious impact that we deal with every day unconsciously – Waste movements, Brexit Waste movements to be precise. By waste movements, we mean the cross-border transfers of Waste Materials in bulk that happens…
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 listened to the early radio news, my day was shocked into disbelief by a Toxic Decision. After 17 years of refusals, by three inspectors reports and over 30,000 objections, An…
Waking up from our coffee cup nightmare
The UK starts to wake up from a coffee cup nightmare, but we’re still snoring here. Ring ring…..alarm bell ringing….wake up. Don’t press the snooze button. Just get up and smell the coffee. Isn’t it great to see that the UK’s Environmental Audit Committee, the EAC, have released a report recommending that a 25p levy…
Platin Cement Burner- Skyfill is a bad idea.
PLATIN: We’re concerned that this project will stop us recycling Phosphorus and Nitrogen are needed to grow food, not burn as Fuel for Cement kilns. Zero Waste Alliance Ireland (ZWAI) are very concerned at the use of recyclable materials as Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF). We know that this is a dangerous manner of turning Landfill…
Green Bin Rules – are we unpaid recycling workers?
Are we working as unpaid staff for the recycling companies? It might seem like that when you read the revised green bin collection guidelines given by the Co Councils for household waste recycling. We must sort, separate, loosen, wash, clean and dry our materials before they go in the green bin. That’s hard work and we still have…
EU Waste Directive – Ambition needed
OPEN LETTER TO MINISTER NAUGHTON. To the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Re: Final steps for more ambitious EU waste legislation – your help is needed Dear Minister Naughton, The 2018 Climate Change Performance Index highlights Ireland as being the worst performing country in Europe for action on climate change. (https://www.climate-change-performance-index.org/). The Index…
Zero Waste Lifestyle –What Does It Mean?
The Zero Waste lifestyle is becoming a more popular phrase But what does it really mean. It’s far more than just recycling your disposable plastic bottle. The Zero Waste lifestyle is about sending nothing to landfill or thermal treatment (aka Incineration). This does not mean that we do more recycling. In fact, the opposite happens. We…
Dirty Water : Wastewater treatment opportunity.
The recent EPA report on the Quality of our Wastewater treatment in 2016 highlights that there’s a lot to be done. The EPA 2016 Wastewater Report’s Summary findings are stark. It’s embarrassing to contemplate! But challenges need to be faced and very soon. Here’s a very brief summary of the top 5 urgent issues. It is…
Tyre kickers needed?
We’re tired of the slow progress towards real, verifiable Tyre recycling and re-manufacturing. But your help will speed up progress with our lawmakers. We need you to ‘kick some tyres’. Here’s how to make a difference. The Background Remember the Minister for the Environment (and other things, such as Communications, & Climate Action ) Mr…
Farmers, it’s ‘Bring out your Haz Waste’ time of year again.
Farmer’s can move a little closer to Zero Waste in November thanks to the EPA’s efforts. Farms will be safer places afterwards. During October and November, farmers across Ireland will have an opportunity to safely dispose of hazardous wastes from their farms at ten collection events organized nationally by the EPA and local authorities. What…
Climate Change & the Citizens assembly. Make your Submission now
Time to vent your thoughts on Climate Change? No one hears your thoughts on the environment unless you make them known. So now you have a chance to let the Government know, through the Citizens assembly. We’ve had too much green washing and too little action by Governments in Ireland over the past decade to…
Zero Waste Festival, watch and learn some tips.
Zero Waste Festival Ireland, 25 June 2017 This video was made in collaboration with The Green Diary. The first-ever Zero Waste Festival in Ireland was held this past Sunday, 25 June 2017. The event was a roaring success with festival-goers treated to a range of talks, screenings, workshops, meet-ups, info stands, as well as a…
