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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…
Is Waste Metering coming soon?
HAS WATER WASTE METERING ARRIVED? We give a very qualified welcome to yesterday’s WASTE CHARGES announcement by Minister Naughton of the Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment (see text in the annex below). It starts the ball rolling on waste reduction initiatives but does not go far enough to ensure recycling, waste avoidance and consumer…
Waste Reduction Bill 2017 – needs all our support
We are aware more than most in Zero Waste Ireland that the issue of plastic pollution is a massive global challenge and a blight on our own country. According to the Green Party, every year, over 110 million tonnes of plastic is produced. Of this, up to 43% ends up in landfill. The amount of…
Illegal dumping – Would you tolerate?
Illegal dumping & Fly tipping – Had enough? It’s going on all around you on a small scale. Bundles of cans piled around overflowing bottle banks and litter bins. You will also notice the recent proliferation of full black plastic bags being discarded on remote rural roads and left to the mercy of the wildlife…
Green Alley Award 2017
Green Alley Award 2017, is it for you? Want to make a difference in the world of the Circular Economy? Well maybe this competition is right up your alley! Are you a green start-up or eco-entrepreneur with a brilliant idea in the green and circular economy sector? Then apply now for the Green Alley Award…
Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas emissions projected to increase strongly
Blow to our Climate change fight as Greenhouse gas emissions projected to increase strongly. According to the EPA, Ireland is unlikely to meet our 2020 EU greenhouse gas emissions targets. They identify sectors under pressure such as agriculture, transport, residential, commercial, non-energy intensive industry and waste sectors. What’s our target? Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction…
Environ Conference Token reference to Circular Economy
Minister Denis Naughten TD, addressed the attendees at Environ 2017, AIT Athlone, today April 10th 2017. The Circular Economy was not high on his list of priorities. In his rambling speech he offered just a single reference to the Circular Economy. We re-publish his words below …. Circular economy section of his speech. ”Responding to Climate Change…
Taking Food Waste Off the Menu
We, as consumers, in the Industrialised world have a big problem. We’re Wasters, big food wasters ! Food Waste comparison across the world We waste much more food than our less industrialised cousins in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We are suffering obesity growth while one in nine people are chronically undernourished in poor, less developed countries. In Europe…
2017 – the Year of Zero Food Waste
2017 will be the Zero FOOD Waste YEAR – ZeroFood Waste- Landfill courtesy celestine-ngulube, via unsplash The year we finally get our FOOD WASTE TO ZERO. Zero Waste Alliance are launching a big weapon in the war on Food Waste – a commercial Zero Food waste digester for Food catering and retailing establishments. We will…
Pay by weight Bin charges revamp long fingered
Government dithering dumps uncertainty on consumers pay-by-weight typical bin weights in EU The minority government is showing the Irish consumer two fingers today. Their inability to grasp the nettle and agree a sustainable pricing model for pay by weight bin collection charges tells the consumer that their concerns on price gouging will not be dealt…
Mobile Phone recycling – it’s your call
To Upgrade or not? With the raft of new phone models hitting the streets in the coming months (e.g Apple iPhone 7, Samsung Galaxy 7 etc) have you considered maybe not rushing ahead and upgrading , as the marketing and sales folks want us to do. We are often so obsessed with the new features…
Packaging levy and container tax proposal – Ireland
We cautiously welcome the proposals by officials in the Department of the Environment to Minister Simon Coveney, to take measures to tackle the problems of litter and landfill waste caused by consumer packaging and single use containers. (This was announced on 19th July 2016). This tax proposal for a packaging levy will also provide some…
