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‘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 title has real meaning now as we reach the deadline for enacting some far reaching EU waste prevention laws in Ireland. But the sad…

SHOPPING FOR FASHION ? Cool, ethical clothes for little ZERO WASTERS We recently covered the rise of slow fashion and extolled zero wasters to cut out fast fashion purchases wherever possible in favour of ethical clothes. Well, coincidentally, last week we had the pleasure of meeting award winning ethical clothes designer, Alison Mc Evoy. She…

As the number of coronavirus cases continues to increase all over the world, you’ve likely noticed a shortage of hand sanitizer in your local shops. Don’t want to pay an exorbitant price for the price-gouged hand sanitizer being sold online? Don’t worry because the World Health Organization (WHO) reassured us that traditional hand washing —…

I remember, as a child growing up in Cork, that there was a second hand bookstore on the street (it was the pre-Zero Waste era but zero waste was being practiced by many without realising it, due to necessity). The bookshop offered trade ins for all sorts of paperback books & comics in a sort…

There is little that needs to be added to the words of these talented Primary School pupils. We are offering them this platform to relay their message – one small change by everyone will bring us all a step closer to Zero Waste and help save the planet. Sometimes we need to listen to our…

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 very soon. Our laggard governments of the past have caused us to miss the early express train and we wait at the Circular station for the late train. We must…

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 action on plastic waste and get a DRS started in ireland. Can you join us? Drive for DRS It’s almost two years since we demanded that our government introduce a deposit…

Planning a trip to Rome? Bring along some plastic bottles to recycle. When in Rome? Well, why not bring along a few plastic bottles, about 30 to be exact. When recycled, these buy you a standard ticket on Rome’s local Bus and Subway public transit network (ATAC). How can this be? Recycling pays your way.…

I enjoy a tasty crisp occasionally. The flavours have really expanded in recent years with the arrival of new brands on the market. They offer a great variety and have driven every producer’s offering up a notch. Rarely do we get a bad quality crisp or a packet that fails to deliver fresh crunchy taste.…

Nothing matters. Nothing really matters. Nil, nada, nothing, zero!. Zero Waste living within a circular economy is fundamental to tackling climate change and environmental degradation. So actions matter. Zero, ie. no Waste of our resources, our energy, our food and our time. Proper use of our planet’s resources will limit the wasteful excesses that have…

We’re perplexed and happy to see the rollout of the latest Repak PR campaign TeamGreen . It’s a laudable aim – to get more people aware of and actually doing recycling. But is it just a cynical ploy to ‘look busy’ with taxpayers money and be loose with Repak members’ fees? Are we being eco-scammed…

Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland. We love GOOD NEWS. And that’s what the Scottish Government has delivered today. They’ve announced a Deposit Return Scheme(DRS) for Scotland. Why not a DRS here? Why not now? The news may get better as we expect it to happen in Ireland in 6 months time (optimistically). Find out why…